as in coast
the land adjacent to a body of water
The state has mainly rocky coastline and few beaches. The plane flew along the eastern coastline.
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Recent Examples of coastline
With its ancient ruins and beautiful coastline, Greece is a country on many travelers’ bucket lists.
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Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
The air inside the house is puckered with the images of dead birds on TV; kookaburras, magpies, cockatoos, eastern rosellas, and lorikeets, their wings charred and their small bodies limp, washing up on the coastlines of this continent down under on the righthand side of the map.
—Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Norway is home to an embarrassment of perspective-altering landscapes—craggy mountains, beautiful fjords, and dramatic coastlines—making roaming outdoors all the more rewarding.
—AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
The country’s landscapes offer visitors the opportunity to experience rugged coastlines, lush mountaintops, rolling hills, and so much more.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 8 July 2025
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Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
The air inside the house is puckered with the images of dead birds on TV; kookaburras, magpies, cockatoos, eastern rosellas, and lorikeets, their wings charred and their small bodies limp, washing up on the coastlines of this continent down under on the righthand side of the map.
—Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Norway is home to an embarrassment of perspective-altering landscapes—craggy mountains, beautiful fjords, and dramatic coastlines—making roaming outdoors all the more rewarding.
—AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
The country’s landscapes offer visitors the opportunity to experience rugged coastlines, lush mountaintops, rolling hills, and so much more.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coastline
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There’s even a Lahaina Street through the heart of Makaha, Endo’s neighborhood along the Waianae coast.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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More than 14 million apartments and houses have a substantial risk of flooding in the next 30 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office — from sea level rise and storm surge along the coasts, to heavy rain and river flooding inland.—
Rebecca Hersher,
NPR,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Search for Pumas Across the Plains of Patagonia In addition to towering glaciers, windswept plains and pristine beaches, Patagonia is rife with all sorts of native South American animals, some of which can be found nowhere else on earth.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Lounge by the pool under a palm frond umbrella, then head just outside the gate to the beach.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 July 2025
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The Sheboygan Breakwater Light is located off the eastern coast of Wisconsin near the city of Sheboygan in Sheboygan County, at the mouth of the Sheboygan River along the Lake Michigan shoreline.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
10 July 2025
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Just outside of small town Belmont, yellow wildflowers line the entrance of a path where chestnut oak trees shade wild turkeys, blooming snowbell bushes and lake shorelines.—
Abby Pender,
Charlotte Observer,
8 July 2025
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“Coastline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastline. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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