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offshore

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offshore
based or operating abroad in places where the tax system is more advantageous than that of the home country

offshore [′ȯf¦shȯr]
(geology)
The comparatively flat zone of variable width extending from the outer margin of the shoreface to the edge of the continental shelf.


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But the wind was contrary, the sea bad; they tacked and kept offshore.
It seemed that the Wagambi warriors had ventured too far out in their frail craft, and when caught by a heavy tide and a high wind from offshore they had been driven out of sight of land.
 
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