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
Rates from Shanghai to the Port of Khor Fakkan, located on the UAE’s coastline on the Gulf of Oman, accelerated 76 percent over mid-May, according to data from Xeneta.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 June 2025
Some of the birds that wintered in our valley spent their summers on that coastline, but hardly any humans made the journey.
—James Rebanks
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Louisiana’s coastline is a river delta, formed by the Mississippi over millennia as its current slowed and relinquished its mud into a calm and sheltered gulf.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Those who make it to Santa Cruz after an hourlong ferry ride out of Ventura are rewarded with 77 miles of craggy coastline cliffs, vast sea caves and vibrant tide pools.
—Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 26 June 2025
Some of the birds that wintered in our valley spent their summers on that coastline, but hardly any humans made the journey.
—James Rebanks
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Louisiana’s coastline is a river delta, formed by the Mississippi over millennia as its current slowed and relinquished its mud into a calm and sheltered gulf.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Those who make it to Santa Cruz after an hourlong ferry ride out of Ventura are rewarded with 77 miles of craggy coastline cliffs, vast sea caves and vibrant tide pools.
—Paul Bersebach, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coastline
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There’s even a Lahaina Street through the heart of Makaha, Endo’s neighborhood along the Waianae coast.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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More than 14 million apartments and houses have a substantial risk of flooding in the next 30 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office — from sea level rise and storm surge along the coasts, to heavy rain and river flooding inland.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
12 July 2025
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Pack up the car with beach supplies and spend the day at the beaches of St. George Island, Carrabelle, Dog Island, or Alligator Point.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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Life threatening rip currents are possible at all beaches in the region through Sunday with breaking wave heights of six feet likely.—
Joel Shannon,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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The Sheboygan Breakwater Light is located off the eastern coast of Wisconsin near the city of Sheboygan in Sheboygan County, at the mouth of the Sheboygan River along the Lake Michigan shoreline.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
10 July 2025
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Just outside of small town Belmont, yellow wildflowers line the entrance of a path where chestnut oak trees shade wild turkeys, blooming snowbell bushes and lake shorelines.—
Abby Pender,
Charlotte Observer,
8 July 2025
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“Coastline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastline. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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