as in offshore
of, relating to, or situated in the waters near the shore
in the summer, coastal traffic is significantly increased by pods of weekend yachtsmen
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Recent Examples of coastal
SpaceX’s record-shattering IPO has minted thousands of new millionaires, unleashing a wave of high-end home shoppers poised to reshape Southern California’s already tight coastal housing markets.
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Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Dozens of buildings had collapsed in the coastal state, about 25 miles north of the South American country's capital of Caracas.
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Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Instead of a hallway of bedrooms under a single roof, the sleeping spaces are dispersed across the property, each with direct access to the gardens — a design more commonly found in tropical destinations than in a tony coastal enclave about 35 miles north of San Francisco.
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David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
Venezuela’s coastal state of La Guaira was hardest hit in the massive twin earthquakes on Wednesday.
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Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
San Diego will soon shrink late-night and early-morning hours at 35 coastal parking lots and establish new four-hour time limits at two popular Ocean Beach parking lots on Newport and Santa Monica avenues.
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2026
As Bolis explained, Malvasia’s story reaches back to Monemvasia, the fortified Greek coastal town whose name the Venetians shortened to Malvasia.
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Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Dust coated coastal communities.
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Regina Cano Garcia,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Roger Vincent,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Dozens of buildings had collapsed in the coastal state, about 25 miles north of the South American country's capital of Caracas.
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Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Instead of a hallway of bedrooms under a single roof, the sleeping spaces are dispersed across the property, each with direct access to the gardens — a design more commonly found in tropical destinations than in a tony coastal enclave about 35 miles north of San Francisco.
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David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
Venezuela’s coastal state of La Guaira was hardest hit in the massive twin earthquakes on Wednesday.
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Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
San Diego will soon shrink late-night and early-morning hours at 35 coastal parking lots and establish new four-hour time limits at two popular Ocean Beach parking lots on Newport and Santa Monica avenues.
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David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2026
As Bolis explained, Malvasia’s story reaches back to Monemvasia, the fortified Greek coastal town whose name the Venetians shortened to Malvasia.
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Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Dust coated coastal communities.
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Regina Cano Garcia,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coastal
offshore
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Zhang launched the fintech payments company in 2015 in Melbourne, Australia, and found a niche helping global companies pay offshore vendors and employees.
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But authorities and businesses on the island of Crete cautioned against overreacting to the fish’s offshore presence.
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“Coastal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastal. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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