the seaside

noun

chiefly British
: the areas or towns along or near the sea
a trip to the seaside

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Soft, luminous pastels and sunlit memories of Paris and the seaside offer escape from the hospital room. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Nov. 2026 Fires blazed at industrial and port installations, sending towering plumes of black smoke over families lunching by the seaside and children playing in the sand. — Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2026 Perfect your game at the Sea Ranch Golf Course, an 18-hole Scottish-style links course designed in two phases by Robert Muir Graves to incorporate the natural elements of the seaside terrain. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026 Police Scotland said that the body of a man had been found on Sunday in the seaside resort area of Largs Beach, also in North Ayrshire. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the seaside

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“The seaside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20seaside. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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