coastland

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Recent Examples of coastland Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022 Reparations have been a periodic topic of debate since the waning days of the Civil War, when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman promised 40 acres and a mule to formerly enslaved families in a swath of confiscated Southern coastland. Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022 Those observations proved less conclusive than had been hoped, but during the rest of the voyage, Cook was able to map the coastland of New Zealand before sailing west to the southeastern coast of Australia—the first record of Europeans on the continent's Eastern coastline. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022 The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland and could bring torrential rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021 The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland which could dump torrential amounts of rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Fox News, 13 Sep. 2021 The verdant coastland and marshes teem with wildlife and fish, but every 100 minutes, land roughly the size of a football field vanishes under water. Anne McClintock, Teen Vogue, 11 Feb. 2020 The commission, which oversees development on about 1,100 miles of coastland, says its mission is to preserve the state’s movie-scene beaches for future use by all residents. Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2019 Glacier Bay covers a wild variety of terrains including ocean water, glaciers, mountains, temperate rainforests, rocky coastlands, and fjords. James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coastland
Noun
  • The curious rocky coast of this bay continues haunting me in the most visceral ways.
    Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Organizers with the Global Sumud Flotilla said on X that the boat was last tracked only a few miles off Gaza’s coast before contact was lost.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In partnership with Leave No Trace, Martin County offers the tours for free, helping visitors discover the natural beauty of the coastline’s mangroves, estuaries, hammocks, and trails.
    Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Deposits along its northwestern border with China and eastern coastline are being explored to boost production and reduce reliance on imports.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, erosion has accelerated in recent years, with the shoreline retreating at a rate of roughly 4 feet per year, according to the report.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bring a bottle of bug spray, a blanket or a comfortable beach chair, then sit back and enjoy the show.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, Jeremiah had to still be winded by busting out that extended dance remix of his maniacal villain laugh from back on the beach.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Beaches all along the Eastern seaboard will be plagued by life-threatening rip currents and large swells for much of next week because of Humberto spinning offshore and future Imelda.
    Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Hurricane Erin is moving closer to the Eastern seaboard, bringing dangerous rip currents and flood risks that have prompted evacuation orders and states of emergency in two North Carolina counties.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Coastland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastland. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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