Definition of inland
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:of or relating to the interior of a country
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Evacuees are also being taken in by inland cities like Dallas, which opened a shelter for 5,000 people on Tuesday.
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The Red Cross said that in Houston alone, 17,000 people began their day Tuesday in shelters, and the numbers were rising there and in inland cities that had taken evacuees such as Dallas, San Antonio and Austin.
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The National Weather Service continues to emphasize the risk of inland flooding as Harvey hangs over Texas.
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Some coastal travelers did eventually turn landward, as shown by early inland sites such as Oregon's Paisley Caves, which yielded a 14,200-year-old human coprolite.
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The advisory extends from the Gulf Coast through most of inland Broward and Miami-Dade, the agency said.
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Facing major local opposition, federal railroad officials are pulling back on their controversial plan to authorize construction of a high-speed inland rail line through a series of southeastern Connecticut shoreline communities.
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There are also ear, eye, nose and throat infections that can occur, and at beaches, skin parasites like flatworm — which causes schistosomiasis, commonly known as swimmer's itch — can be picked up from inland beaches.
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Homebuilding along the coast often isn’t as easy as inland because there’s much less vacant land suitable for development.
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First Known Use of inland
15th century
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Category 3 storms can also cause extensive inland flooding.
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The Chatham report recommends more spending on shipping infrastructure, creating better inland and ocean ports — and more of them for alternative paths to get food from farm to families.
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It was created in 1937 to sell the power generated by the Northwest’s growing network of dams to public utilities — from the Pacific inland to as far away as Montana, Wyoming and Nevada.
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There are races at inland lakes, rivers, and the Shore, just about every weekend from May to October.
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Forecasters warned that triple-digit temperatures up to 110 degrees would be common in some inland areas and could be deadly for the elderly, children and outdoor workers.
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Lake Worth also reported its first infestation a year ago, but the news there is more hopeful, said Tom Hungerford, a TPWD inland fisheries biologist.
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There’s better diving along Mexico’s Riviera Maya, with its crystal clear seas and inland springs called cenotes.
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That investment has increasingly taken place in less prosperous inland regions where demand is tepid.
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First Known Use of inland
1573
Definition of inland
:into or toward the interior
Examples of inland in a Sentence
They traveled inland from the sea.
They live inland about three miles.
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The slow-moving storm's center was in the Gulf of Mexico about 70 miles (150 km) southeast of downtown Houston by Tuesday evening and Harvey was expected to move inland again early Wednesday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
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Forecasters expect the system to stay over water with 45 mph (72 kph) winds for 36 hours and then head back inland east of Houston sometime Wednesday.
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Once on land, forecasters say Harvey is then likely to meander near or just inland of the middle Texas coast through the weekend dumping torrential rainfall possibly up to 35 inches in some areas.
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Other cities and towns along the 367-mile (591-kilometer) coastline have urged residents to prepare their homes for a storm that could stall inland for as many as three days. _
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The National Weather Service is predicting rainfall totals in excess of 15 inches as far inland as Houston and San Antonio – with some spots at risk of getting close to three feet of rain in just a few days.
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INLAND REPORT LARGEMOUTH BASS fishing continues to be good.
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Areas further inland seem to share similar situations with more than their share of tornadoes.
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The plantations extended inland from the Mississippi River in long rectangular plots.
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First Known Use of inland
1600
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Definition of inland for English Language Learners
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: in, into, or toward the middle of a country : away from the coast
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