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

This was almost a coast-to-coast win of the division for the season, with the Braves leading for the majority of the year. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

On New Year’s Day 1927, NBC carried the first coast-to-coast live broadcast of a sporting event, the Rose Bowl football game between Stanford and Alabama (which ended in a tie). — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Irresistible lure In a swirling age of coast-to-coast railroad mergers, the freight tracks that run through Barrington are suddenly one of the hottest stretches of track in North America. — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026

The Climate Prediction Center's fall temperature outlook map for the United States shows that nearly coast-to-coast above-average temperatures are expected in September through November. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

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