coast-to-coast

adjective

ˈkōs-tə-ˈkōst 

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

Examples of coast-to-coast in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 2025 VMAs aired live coast-to-coast Sunday from UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, with LL Cool J hosting. —Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025

Sunday night will reveal who’s closer in not less than a coast-to-coast announcement. —Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern unveiled a landmark $85 billion merger, forming America’s first coast-to-coast railroad with over 50,000 route miles. —Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Buffett’s comments come after Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF Railway and CSX announced a partnership Friday to provide new coast-to-coast rail services. —Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for coast-to-coast

• diagnosed
• easternmost
• innermost
• lowermost
• milepost
• northernmost
• outermost
• rearmost
• southernmost
• uppermost
• uttermost
• westernmost