the seabed

noun

: the ground that is at the bottom of the sea

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The startup’s microwave-sized batteries provide years of energy in remote environments like deep space and the seabed by using heat from nuclear waste. Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 5 June 2025 The timetable to lift the yacht from the 50-meter deep seabed originally stated that the mast and boom would be left on the seabed until after the hull of the luxury yacht is lifted. Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 20 May 2025 The report, published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances, arrives as nations debate whether to pursue industrial mining of the seabed for critical minerals. Jeremy Engle, New York Times, 16 May 2025 Over the course of his diving career, Robinson has discovered more than 20 shipwrecks—including three Royal Navy ships—by scanning the seabed and exploring any anomalies. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the seabed

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“The seabed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20seabed. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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