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BNC: 13325 COCA: 15560

whaling

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
whaling /ˈweɪlɪŋ/ noun
whaling
/ˈweɪlɪŋ/
noun
Learner's definition of WHALING
[noncount]
: the job or business of hunting whales捕鲸;捕鲸业
BNC: 13325 COCA: 15560

whaling

noun

whal·​ing ˈ(h)wā-liŋ How to pronounce whaling (audio)
: the occupation of catching and extracting commercial products from whales

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The tradition started when American whaling ships would make frequent stops on the island during the late 1800s. Taylor Murphy, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2022 By the 1960s, the Soviet Union was the world’s largest whaling nation. Ryan Jones, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022 The whales were once numerous off the East Coast, but their populations plummeted due to commercial whaling generations ago. Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 The whales were once numerous off the East Coast, but their populations plummeted due to commercial whaling generations ago. Fox News, 29 July 2022 The whales were once numerous off the East Coast, but their populations plummeted due to commercial whaling generations ago. Patrick Whittle, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2022 Thanks to pressure from environmentalists and its own citizens, the Soviet Union ended its whaling industry in 1987. Ryan Jones, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022 By the 1930s, when the first Pacific Coast protections were launched, 75 years of industrial whaling had left only perhaps 1,000 gray whales alive. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022 The whale bones at the Old Town Oalgi Site near Point Hope marked the spots where residents used to celebrate whaling feasts thousands of years ago. Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of whaling was in 1688
BNC: 13325 COCA: 15560

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