coast-to-coast
adjective
1
: extending or airing across an entire nation or continent
a coast-to-coast flight
a coast-to-coast broadcast
2
: extending from one end of a playing surface (such as a basketball court) to the other
a coast-to-coast rush
also
: relating to or resulting from a coast-to-coast play
a coast-to-coast layup
coast-to-coast
adverb
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And in 1956 the Federal-Aid Highway Act funded 41,000 miles of interstate—an asphalt backbone justified as civil defense infrastructure but experienced as a coast-to-coast permission slip for self-reinvention.
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
The Scene For weeks, railroad executives have played footsie in public, touting the benefits of mergers that would turn regional players into coast-to-coast juggernauts.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 19 June 2025
Meanwhile, protests against President Trump's immigration raids and in support of demonstrators in Los Angeles have spread from coast-to-coast.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 June 2025
These were just some of the coast-to-coast rallies on Wednesday in the growing movement to oppose the U.S. government’s immigration policies as ICE agents continue to carry out immigration raids across the country.
—Rudy Chinchilla, NBC news, 12 June 2025
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Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 22 June 2025
The Scene For weeks, railroad executives have played footsie in public, touting the benefits of mergers that would turn regional players into coast-to-coast juggernauts.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 19 June 2025
Meanwhile, protests against President Trump's immigration raids and in support of demonstrators in Los Angeles have spread from coast-to-coast.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 June 2025
These were just some of the coast-to-coast rallies on Wednesday in the growing movement to oppose the U.S. government’s immigration policies as ICE agents continue to carry out immigration raids across the country.
—Rudy Chinchilla, NBC news, 12 June 2025
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“Coast-to-coast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coast-to-coast. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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