national seashore
noun
: a recreational area adjacent to a seacoast and maintained by the federal government
Examples of national seashore in a Sentence
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Padre Island National Seashore Padre Island is the longest undeveloped barrier island in the world but its national seashore is one of the state's most underrated areas.
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Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
At the site beside ours at the Oregon Inlet Campground on the national seashore, a couple who just parked their RV are installing pink lawn flamingos as their first order of business before unfolding a pair of oversize chairs with armrest drink holders.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
During the nesting season, biological technicians and volunteers patrol the national seashore in search of turtles laying their eggs.
—Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 May 2023
The unincorporated village, which is part of the national seashore, has some of the highest erosion rates along the entire North Carolina coast.
—Gareth McGrath, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
In honor of the first Kemp's ridley turtle nests found at the national seashore last month, the park raised its turtle flag, also known as the arribada flag, which will fly for the remainder of the season.
—Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 May 2023
Most importantly, this heavenly slice of land is part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, our country's first national seashore, established in 1953.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023
Much of the landscape—a windswept panorama of sand dunes, wide sand beaches and marshland—is protected as a national seashore, while the most famous residents are a herd of wild horses, descendants of Paso Finos abandoned by 16th-century Spanish conquistadors.
—Adam H. Graham, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2021
The Lead Recreation Assistant will keep an eye out for trouble in the seas while posting up in the sand at one of the national seashore’s six beaches.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2023
Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
At the site beside ours at the Oregon Inlet Campground on the national seashore, a couple who just parked their RV are installing pink lawn flamingos as their first order of business before unfolding a pair of oversize chairs with armrest drink holders.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
During the nesting season, biological technicians and volunteers patrol the national seashore in search of turtles laying their eggs.
—Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 May 2023
The unincorporated village, which is part of the national seashore, has some of the highest erosion rates along the entire North Carolina coast.
—Gareth McGrath, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2023
In honor of the first Kemp's ridley turtle nests found at the national seashore last month, the park raised its turtle flag, also known as the arribada flag, which will fly for the remainder of the season.
—Ariana Garcia, Chron, 3 May 2023
Most importantly, this heavenly slice of land is part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, our country's first national seashore, established in 1953.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2023
Much of the landscape—a windswept panorama of sand dunes, wide sand beaches and marshland—is protected as a national seashore, while the most famous residents are a herd of wild horses, descendants of Paso Finos abandoned by 16th-century Spanish conquistadors.
—Adam H. Graham, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2021
The Lead Recreation Assistant will keep an eye out for trouble in the seas while posting up in the sand at one of the national seashore’s six beaches.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 Feb. 2023
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First Known Use
1962, in the meaning defined above
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