Baron Vaughn

It was a long time before I understood what the word 'specific' was. I remember being a kid and thinking it was 'pacific,' and being like, 'Can you be more pacific?' And I believed that for maybe five, six years until someone was like, 'It's 'specific.

American Comedian

Frank B. Kellogg

I believe that in the end the abolition of war, the maintenance of world peace, the adjustment of international questions by pacific means will come through the force of public opinion, which controls nations and peoples.

American Politician

James Lee Burke

We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.

American Author

David Ignatius

It's easier for China to assert its maritime power by creating artificial islands in the South China Sea than by defying the U.S. Pacific Fleet with an aircraft carrier.

American Journalist

Larry McMurtry

If we know anything about man, it's that he's not pacific. The temptation to butcher anyone considered undesirable seems to be a common temptation, not always resisted.

American Writer

Peter Bergen

Islam is, to be sure, a big tent, and the one and a half billion Muslims in the world run the gamut from mystical, moderate, pacific Sufis to Salafists.

Ban Ki-moon

Pacific Islands are among those that contribute least to global warming, yet suffer most.

South Korean Leader

James K. Polk

Our relations with the various Indian tribes continue to be of a pacific character.

American President

The adjective 'pacific' implies a positive quality, suggesting something is soothing or conducive to peace.

Positive Connotation

Don't confuse 'pacific' with 'specific'; though they sound similar, their meanings are entirely different.

Misleading Similarity

Often used in diplomatic or conflict-resolution scenarios to describe peaceful approaches or solutions.

Common Context

When 'pacific' is used as an adjective relating to geography, it's a reference to the Pacific Ocean or areas around it.

Geographical Use

Capitalize 'Pacific' when referring to the ocean; lowercase when referring to peace.

Capitalization Matters

The term can refer to anything connected to the Pacific region, not just the water itself.

Not Just Ocean

 albeit possible that another expedition will reveal a satisfying end to this mystery i hope the media earhart is found no matter where she is susan butler is on to something there the last chapter of this tantalizing whodunit didn't take place near a tiny pacific atoll or the deep waters

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 pacific to and from mexico city and many times across this continent that voice could only belong to one person amelia earhart it's so confident so self-assured it was recorded at the height of her fame a world-famous career that was to be topped off by a circumnavigation of the

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 there's a one of the uh major attractions is that there there are dolphins that the people can play with so that the the idea of natural elements being tamed and and brought into the service of of uh the hotel guests these are not uh pacific dolphins they're atlantic

Predictions of tech's...

 but it's also vital to take people who are at the level of courage and violent action to the next level, which is non-violent action. It's pacific, coordinated civil action, which doesn't mean passive action. It means it's determined and effective,

A civil response to...

 flyers to pacific waters so if their boat goes down if they're sunk that's potentially shark-infested water that's new compared to the european theaters of world war one and service personnel are worried training programs start to include

The Surprising...

 detect an extraordinary number of things we can see the calcium from world's deserts soot from distant wildfires methane is an indicator the strength of Pacific monsoon all wafted on winds from warmer latitudes to this remote from

Inside an Antarctic time...

 olympic swimming pools protecting many populated areas from the worst of the flooding in the pristine southern line islands giant clams are abundant these incredible animals which are over fished in much of the pacific

The Nature of Nature PIPE...

 western side of the pacific and across and make sure that that pandemic did not that that that disease did not get into this continent and because it can not only destroy you know wildlife and and then indian

Stopping Pandemics, An...

 to both sharks and rays hey wait a minute could it be an even rarer Pacific sleeper shark pacific sleepers can grow up to 25 feet long the really cool fact about these creatures is their flesh it

Rarely Seen Sharks PIPE...

 and clams it's a giant pacific octopus an animal with one huge advantage an enormous brain taking body size into account only those