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coastland

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Definition of coastland

as in coast

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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 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

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Noun

In the 1950s, much of the Jewish community in Kochi (historically known as Cochin), a seaport on India’s southwestern coast, immigrated to Israel, leaving behind their homes, synagogues and cemeteries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Iranian state media quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying that ships would enter through the strait's northern corridor near the Iranian coast and exit through the southern corridor near the Omani coast.

— NPR's International Desk, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of coast

Noun

The group doesn’t control the part of Yemen’s coastline along Bab el-Mandeb but holds territory less than 60 miles away.

— Fatma Khaled, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
The design reminded me of an upscale country retreat, one with the most beautiful coastlines in the Caribbean.

— Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of coastline

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Araghchi referred to the more limited and temporary arrangement for Hormuz being negotiated with Oman, which borders its southern shoreline.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
More than a week later, another beaver bit a 19-year-old man fishing from the park’s shoreline on Wednesday.

— Maia Nehme, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of shoreline

Noun

The area is considered strategically significant for its proximity to the Taipei port and beaches in Taiwan that could serve as a valuable staging area for the Chinese military.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Set on a leafy half acre of land, this lovely cottage is less than two miles away from the beach and offers a scenic back deck complete with chaise lounges, an outdoor shower, and a dining table for six.

— Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of beach

Noun

Cadillac Mountain At 1,530 feet, Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the eastern seaboard of the United States and one of Acadia’s most iconic destinations.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
In the 1700s, when West Africans were shackled and shipped to the South Carolina–Georgia seaboard, some were forced to work in rice paddies, in cotton fields, and on indigo plantations, where the moist climate resembled that of their homelands.

— jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

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