as in shore
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water
she loves walking along the beach, looking for shells that the waves cast up
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Recent Examples of beach
Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Villa staff will work with guests to book experiences, including tennis coaching, horseback riding on the beach and catamaran charters.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 6 Feb. 2026
Eric Larsen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The collection brings colorful, nostalgic energy of summertime soda cans to the poolside or beach with Kulani Kinis swimwear.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
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Noun
Adventures on both land and sea make Belize a popular destination, and its beaches and resorts are terrific for visitors who simply want to relax and enjoy the tropical climate.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
Villa staff will work with guests to book experiences, including tennis coaching, horseback riding on the beach and catamaran charters.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Most of the park's beaches are open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., while West and Porter beaches close at 9 p.m. West Beach offers locker rooms, showers and lifeguards from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from the Friday of Memorial Day weekend through the Monday of Labor Day weekend.
—Eric Larsen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The collection brings colorful, nostalgic energy of summertime soda cans to the poolside or beach with Kulani Kinis swimwear.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beach
Verb
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Connecticut should continue to fortify its legal framework so that care decisions remain between patients, families, and medical professionals — not politicians or out-of-state actors — and so that the right to bodily autonomy is grounded as securely as possible in state law.—
Matthew Blinstrubas,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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Lots of singing has been helping us a lot to keep ourselves grounded.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Get shipwrecked on a Robinson Crusoe beach with a picnic of yellowfin ceviche?—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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The park service first documented zebra mussels during a training dive at the SS Sevona shipwreck off the Sand Island shoal in 2015.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Elsewhere along the beach, Grey walked along the shoreline as waves broke at her feet.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Over centuries, silt gradually pushed the shoreline further away, contributing to Ephesus’ abandonment by the time of the Ottoman era in the 15th century.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Team Italy had tied up today's curling semifinal at 5 in the fifth end, stepping up to the challenge after a tough first half of the match.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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While much of Musk’s wealth is tied up in company valuations rather than cash, the sheer scale of his fortune still affords extraordinary flexibility.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Lanni was sitting nearby at Sei Less when LaForte wrecked the witness’ table.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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The barber chair, the locus of Sweeney’s revenge on the heartless cruelty of a Victorian London that wrecked his life, isn’t the elaborate contraption of other productions.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Urban uprisings and rebellions by Blacks stretched from coast to coast.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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In August 2025, Amtrak revived its Mardi Gras Service, connecting New Orleans and Mobile –the first time the train has run since Hurricane Katrina decimated the Gulf coast in 2005.—
Kara Newman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Here’s where the premier sailboats are docked side-by-side at the marina.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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The biggest crude oil tankers, VLCCs—yes, they’re called Very Large Crude Carriers—either couldn’t dock or fill up all the way at Texas ports because of the shallower water depths.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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One described feeling as if she were stranded in the middle of the ocean, pregnant and without a life raft.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Directed by Sam Raimi, the darkly comic horror-thriller Send Help stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien as co-workers stranded on a desert island.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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