coastland

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Recent Examples of coastland 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 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 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
  • De Hoop Nature Reserve is located on the southwestern coast of South Africa, about a 150-mile drive southeast from Cape Town.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
  • About five second of Googling shows that Levin, about this time last year, responded to a boat landing in Carlsbad by calling for a vote on legislation to extend the enforcement zone off the coast.
    Sal Rodriguez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • From wild coastlines to rainforest revival, Chelsea’s gardens reflect a world in flux.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Blue Stone counters and Thermador appliances trail the space with Sailor Blue cabinetry, too, ahead of an area that seats four by coastline views.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 18 May 2025
Noun
  • No buildings will be constructed within 100 meters of the shoreline, which hosts nesting turtles.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • Effort is aimed at saving ‘iconic building’ New CT luxury hotel preps for season in shoreline town.
    RoselynMartin Somtochukwu Ilo, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Upscale California hotel faces daily $11k fine for privatizing beach Disneyland's 70th anniversary: A look at the new entertainment, celebration outfits Who was killed by a train in Ohio?
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • Actor Wendell Pierce observed the raucous dancing from the safety of the beach.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Around one-fifth of red wolves meet their end on a bumper, many on US 64, a primary route that vacationers take to the Outer Banks, the picturesque chain of barrier islands that line North Carolina’s seaboard.
    Ben Goldfarb, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
  • About a two-hour drive southeast of Bangkok, on Thailand’s eastern seaboard, lies a vast 1.3-million-hectare expanse covering three provinces on which rests the country’s ambition of becoming a regional manufacturing powerhouse.
    Gloria Haraito, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Coastland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastland. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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