as in coast
the land adjacent to a body of water
The state has mainly rocky coastline and few beaches. The plane flew along the eastern coastline.
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Recent Examples of coastline
In response, the USGS warned that waves between 1 to 3 meters could impact parts of Papua New Guinea's coastline.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Taiwan’s western coastline, facing the Chinese mainland, has relatively few beaches or ports where landing is easy, and those areas are relatively well guarded.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Many of the sick sea lions being rescued along the coastline are pregnant.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
The incident – involving a vessel operated by Sindbad Submarines – took place in the waters off Egypt’s eastern coastline on Thursday morning.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Taiwan’s western coastline, facing the Chinese mainland, has relatively few beaches or ports where landing is easy, and those areas are relatively well guarded.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025
Many of the sick sea lions being rescued along the coastline are pregnant.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
The incident – involving a vessel operated by Sindbad Submarines – took place in the waters off Egypt’s eastern coastline on Thursday morning.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coastline
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American military veteran hijacks plane in Belize, officials say The airplane, which had only 14 passengers on board, had been due to fly the short route from Corozal near the Mexican border to San Pedro, a popular tourist destination off the coast.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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It’s set in 1902, in a Gullah community on an island off the coast of Georgia, where a large extended family is preparing to move to the North.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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Its villas, beach house and presidential suites include, 24-hour butler service and private pools overlooking the tropical landscape.—
Michelle Tchea,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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One vendor, who has sold beach chairs to Amazon for over a decade, reported that a $500,000 order was canceled after the chairs were already produced, leaving the vendor with additional financial responsibility.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Only after the worst mass extinction of all time, as Earth’s ecosystems struggled to recover from intense global warming spurred by volcanoes, did reptiles began to live by the shoreline and become ever more at home in the water.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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However, rising water levels are expected to carry debris that was once on the shoreline out into open waters.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Coastline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastline. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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