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Recent Examples of embarcadero
Stop by the embarcadero to see whether a tour is departing, or reserve a private guide through a hotel concierge.
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Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
There was one other theme to Sunday’s races, which started near Spanish Landing, featured a hilly bike climb to Cabrillo National Monument and a run along the embarcadero to Seaport Village.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2019
Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
There was one other theme to Sunday’s races, which started near Spanish Landing, featured a hilly bike climb to Cabrillo National Monument and a run along the embarcadero to Seaport Village.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embarcadero
Noun
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The terminal has nine berths and over 12,000 feet of wharf, and has an annual handling capacity of 9 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs).—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2026
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With 20 restaurants and other businesses, the wharf provides 10% of Santa Cruz’s economy and 400 jobs.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Participants are guided through the building’s water and HVAC systems along with parking garages and loading docks that are said to be in need of repair.—
Steven Sloan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Trout hit a 2-1 fastball to the loading dock adjacent to Monument Park in center field and Adell hit another fastball on the next pitch into the visiting bullpen in left-center field.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Dali container ship crashed into a pier that supported the central span of the bridge in the early morning hours of March 26, 2024.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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The grounds deliver classic Italian luxury—formal gardens, a pool, private pier, and boathouse—all set against lake views.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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Waiting at the quay were water taxis for hotel guests.—
Vic O'Sullivan,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The most recent boating mishap occurred Saturday evening when a sailboat overturned in hazardous conditions and went onto the rocks of the jetty near the entrance.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Shops, restaurants, and small businesses renting water sports gear and island-style jeeps have sprouted up near the jetty, where ferries and private ships that travel from Tortola and beyond pull in.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In March, shortly after the Da Nang landing, an Assistant Secretary of Defense, John McNaughton, wrote a memo assigning relative weights to American objectives in Vietnam.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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An imposing ship built to wage war docked in San Diego on Saturday morning in the name of peace and human exploration, delivering the capsule that Artemis II astronauts rode to a flawless landing a day earlier.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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An exotic locale and lounging in the float would suit tired parents, too.—
Allison McClain Merrill,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2026
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In other words, a stock’s position will increase in the index — which is made up of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the exchange — as its float increases.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Farkas had a longtime personal and business relationship with Epstein, including co-owning a marina with him in the Caribbean.—
Julie Carr Smyth,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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The plant, a cross between shallow water eelgrass Zostera marina and deeper water Zostera pacifica, persisted where both parent species struggled.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Embarcadero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embarcadero. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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