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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.
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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
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
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Before 2011, sargassum was mainly found in the Sargasso Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (renamed by the U.S. government as Gulf of America), although small amounts were also sighted in the Caribbean Sea and off the Brazilian coast.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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What To Know The Indian Navy has issued four firing notices for live weapons drills off the Gujarat coast, just 85 nautical miles from where Pakistan is holding naval exercises in the Arabian Sea, according to India Today, citing unnamed defense sources.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Think of the eastern edge of South America or the coastline around the United Kingdom; these aren’t places with active volcanoes, large earthquakes or other major planetary activity.—
Alexandra Witze,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2025
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Such high temperatures are deadly to corals, which protect coastlines from erosion and storms.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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Three-night pop-up Carbone Beach returns to South Beach for shoreline dining Friday through Sunday.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
30 Apr. 2025
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Examples include beach and shoreline restoration, storm-proofing infrastructure (like utilities), and native forest restoration, among others.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Mallorca may be known for its nightlife, its glorious beaches and lately, unfortunately, some of its tourism growing pains.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Photo : Daniel Petroni A walkway leads across the dunes to the beach.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
24 Apr. 2025
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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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This saw its three-ship task group traveling from the Australian eastern seaboard to the western seaboard via the southern waters.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Coastland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastland. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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