Examples of seaboard in a Sentence
He lives on the eastern seaboard.
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In the new nation, there were bitter factional fights based on New England vs. Middle States vs. South, slave versus free, commerce versus agriculture, new areas west of the Appalachians versus the older seaboard and, eventually, Union vs. Confederacy.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
Motels began opening by the thousands, beckoning to travelers making their way along Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles and catering to vacationers up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
That's in part because Baltimore's port is about a day further inland than many others on the Eastern seaboard, putting it closer to points in the Midwest.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Any trip by train or highway along the heavily populated Mid-Atlantic seaboard involves myriad long bridges and tunnels to cross the bays, estuaries and wide rivers that stretch deep into the coastal plains.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
Motels began opening by the thousands, beckoning to travelers making their way along Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles and catering to vacationers up and down the U.S. eastern seaboard.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
That's in part because Baltimore's port is about a day further inland than many others on the Eastern seaboard, putting it closer to points in the Midwest.
—Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Any trip by train or highway along the heavily populated Mid-Atlantic seaboard involves myriad long bridges and tunnels to cross the bays, estuaries and wide rivers that stretch deep into the coastal plains.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
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seaboard
noun
sea·board
ˈsē-ˌbō(ə)rd 
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: seacoast
also
: the country bordering a seacoast
seaboard
adjective
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