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offshore

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adverb

off·​shore ˈȯf-ˈshȯr How to pronounce offshore (audio)
1
: from the shore : seaward
also : at a distance from the shore
2
: outside the country : abroad

offshore

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adjective

off·​shore ˈȯf-ˌshȯr How to pronounce offshore (audio)
1
: coming or moving away from the shore toward the water
an offshore breeze
2
a
: situated off the shore but within waters under a country's control
offshore fisheries
b
: distant from the shore compare inshore
3
: situated or operating in a foreign country
offshore mutual funds
offshore banking

offshore

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preposition

off·​shore ˈȯf-ˌshȯr How to pronounce offshore (audio)
: off the shore of

Synonyms

Adjective

Example Sentences

Adjective We sailed to an offshore island. He works on an offshore oil rig. They opened an offshore bank account. He traced the money to an offshore investment company.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adverb
The Biden administration has leased fewer acres for oil-and-gas drilling offshore and on federal land than any other administration in its early stages dating back to the end of World War II, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. James Freeman, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Assured new oil and gas drilling leases on public lands and offshore. Peter Weber, The Week, 8 Aug. 2022 Other sales are expected in the Gulf of Maine, the central Atlantic, and the Gulf of Mexico, as well as offshore in California and Oregon. Matthew Daly, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022 Other sales are expected in the Gulf of Maine, the central Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, as well as offshore in California and Oregon. Matthew Daly, ajc, 23 June 2022 Prior to the whale moving near the White Horse Beach area Sunday, Enggasser said it was located further offshore, where officials from the Massachusetts Environmental Police had been warning people to keep their distance. Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2022 That places it just a hair offshore of Venezuela, or 200 miles east-southeast of Curaçao. Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 29 June 2022 The wind farm could one day occupy waters more than three miles offshore, where the Coastal Commission is one of the few state agencies to have jurisdiction, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune. James Raineystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022 The bottlenecks have been most acute on the West Coast, where a backlog of vessels waiting offshore stretched to more than 100 container ships earlier this year. Paul Berger, WSJ, 1 June 2022
Adjective
In the federal agreement, Amplify also agreed to install a new leak detection system for the pipeline that ferried crude from offshore platforms to the coast. Amy Taxin And Don Thompson, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022 Modular natural gas liquefaction units are built in a shipyard and installed on repurposed offshore oil platforms. Christopher Helman, Forbes, 27 May 2022 The bill would affect only three operating offshore oil platforms in state waters along the Orange County coast. Phil Willonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022 Short, contrary to the conclusions of the investigative journalists who uncovered the material, claims there is no evidence that Putin has money concealed in offshore accounts. Angela Stent, Washington Post, 22 July 2022 This was no mere rounding error, but the IRS and the Justice Department have long had a focus on offshore accounts and disclosure. Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 22 June 2022 The Cayman Islands, which many Americans associate with offshore bank accounts, ranks No. 14 on the group's list. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 18 May 2022 His family went years without paying taxes and was estimated to have amassed billions of dollars, some siphoned from treasury funds and kept in offshore Swiss bank accounts. Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 May 2022 Assets being seized, such as offshore bank accounts, have turned the Russian economy upside down. Robert Samuels | For Iron Monk Solutions, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Apr. 2022
Preposition
The storm began organizing Friday offshore the Carolinas when two disturbances along the jet stream merged over the Southeast. Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2022 As of this writing, more than 70 container ships are idling offshore the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach because there are not enough dockworkers to unload the cargo, nor are there enough truck drivers to transport the goods. Adam Strauss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 Salmon fishing has been given an additional boost by large schools of juvenile anchovies that have arrived this month offshore the Bay Area coast and in San Francisco Bay. Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 21 Aug. 2020 As for crude inventories, there are also ample stockpiles being housed in onshore tanks and vessels offshore that could hit the market as the economics of storing the crude becomes less attractive. Serene Cheong, Bloomberg.com, 20 May 2020 Echoing Lynch’s comments, Al Cook, executive vice president of Global Strategy and Business Development at Equinor, pointed out the company’s investments in carbon capture and storage near Norway, and a wind energy project offshore Scotland. Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2020 Apache has pinned high hopes on Suriname after Exxon Mobil started developing huge oil projects offshore of neighboring Guyana. Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2020 Exxon and Hess have announced at least 6 billion barrels of recoverable resources offshore of Guyana with first production coming online either late this year or in early 2020. Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2019 Computer models generally project that the storm center should remain far enough offshore the coast of Georgia to limit winds to tropical-storm force (39 to 73 mph) and rainfall totals to 3 to 6 inches. Jason Samenow, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adverb

1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective

1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Preposition

1942, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of offshore was in 1720

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