shallower

Example Sentences

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It only makes economic sense in certain places, primarily the western part of the U.S., where hot rock can be found in shallower surfaces.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Rescuers used excavators to dig a channel, allowing the whale to swim free - but attempts to guide it to the North Sea proved unsuccessful as it veered towards shallower waters.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

As a result, a deep circuit affected by noise behaves much like a shallower one.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

For more nimble investors, commodity prices may find longer-term support and experience shallower pullbacks as supply disruptions encourage countries to stockpile strategic materials.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

He’d been swept out to Commercial Street, where the river of molasses became shallower and shallower.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis