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Recent Examples of littoral
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Oceanside’s harbor has long influenced sediment flow within the Oceanside littoral cell.
—Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
George Weigel, National Review, 2 Dec. 2019
Like many Freedom-class littoral combat ships, Billings visited several cities and towns in the Great Lakes region before departing for the Atlantic via the St. Lawrence Seaway.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2019
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Adjective
This includes the Army eliminating drones and vehicles that have been produced in surplus, and the Navy cutting frigates and littoral combat ships, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Oceanside’s harbor has long influenced sediment flow within the Oceanside littoral cell.
—Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
Thanksgiving along the Potomac littoral seemed a little emptier this year without Rob Odle, who died on October 2 after a tough fight with cancer.
—George Weigel, National Review, 2 Dec. 2019
Like many Freedom-class littoral combat ships, Billings visited several cities and towns in the Great Lakes region before departing for the Atlantic via the St. Lawrence Seaway.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for littoral
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Seas are forecast to rise from 8 inches to 23 inches along the nation’s coasts by 2050, with the higher increases along the northern Gulf Coast and mid-Atlantic.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Most Maya people moved from cities to villages, many along the peninsula’s coast, after there were no more inland cities to try to make a life in.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Cheers all around for Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams and many others who successfully persuaded President Trump to have the federal government lift its stop-work order on Empire Wind 1, an offshore wind project which will create 1,500 good jobs and clean energy for a half million homes.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
21 May 2025
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The president issued an executive order on his first day in office that barred new leases for offshore wind in U.S. waters and ordered a review of leasing and permitting practices.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
20 May 2025
Noun
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No buildings will be constructed within 100 meters of the shoreline, which hosts nesting turtles.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Effort is aimed at saving ‘iconic building’ New CT luxury hotel preps for season in shoreline town.—
RoselynMartin Somtochukwu Ilo,
Hartford Courant,
11 May 2025
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The venue had panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and Santa Barbara coastline, an exclusive source reveals to PEOPLE.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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On the island of Tongatapu, the main island of Tonga, researchers scoured the southern coastline for evidence of violent weather events that occurred thousands of years ago.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Sprawling beachside estate on the Eastern seaboard?—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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This region, which geologists call the eastern North American margin, essentially spans the US eastern seaboard and a little farther north into Atlantic Canada.—
Alexandra Witze,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those observations proved less conclusive than had been hoped, but during the rest of the voyage, Cook was able to map the coastland of New Zealand before sailing west to the southeastern coast of Australia—the first record of Europeans on the continent's Eastern coastline.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
3 Feb. 2022
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Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.—
Silvia Marchetti,
CNN,
8 Oct. 2022
Noun
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The rehab team examined the turtle and started to clean her up, seashore officials said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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The new Trump budget proposal would reduce money for the nation's national parks, monuments, historic sites, seashores and trails by nearly 25%.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA Today,
5 May 2025
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Plus, there’s so much to see in Catalonia beyond Barcelona, not least the picturesque coves and charming seaside towns of the Costa Brava.—
Siobhan Reid,
Vogue,
28 May 2025
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The band members wrote the new LP while living together in the remote seaside town of Southwold, in Norfolk, England.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
27 May 2025
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“Littoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/littoral. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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