as in beach
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water
the town's beachfront extends for more than a mile
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Recent Examples of beachfront
Surf And Stay Since your group will likely be wiped out after a day on the waves, stay in a suite at the resort’s beachfront Waco Surf Hotel, book a house for a larger crew, or hook up your RV.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2026
In a major win for cities waging battle against the state’s Live Local Act, a Broward judge has ruled Hollywood had the right to say no to a developer seeking to build a 17-story beachfront tower with affordable housing.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
The date was May 14, 2023, and Joseph Assad had taken his wife, Michele Rigby Assad, to the Sandbar Sports Grill in Cocoa Beach, a kitschy beachfront dive, to celebrate her 50th birthday.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Boasting panoramic views of the water, beachfront dining, and a spa so relaxing as to be borderline lobotomizing, the hotel offers a stock photo of a vacation.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2026
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2026
In a major win for cities waging battle against the state’s Live Local Act, a Broward judge has ruled Hollywood had the right to say no to a developer seeking to build a 17-story beachfront tower with affordable housing.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
The date was May 14, 2023, and Joseph Assad had taken his wife, Michele Rigby Assad, to the Sandbar Sports Grill in Cocoa Beach, a kitschy beachfront dive, to celebrate her 50th birthday.
—Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
Boasting panoramic views of the water, beachfront dining, and a spa so relaxing as to be borderline lobotomizing, the hotel offers a stock photo of a vacation.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beachfront
beach
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People revel in the nostalgia of ten or twenty or thirty years ago by digging up old photos and posting them—photos from birthday parties or career milestones or from a moment spent sitting under the final sparks of daylight on a beach.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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The tradition has carried on, however, as an unsanctioned event on the beach for decades, and has primarily been marketed to HBCU students in the southeast.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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