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esplanade

noun

Definition of esplanade

as in shore

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Recent Examples of esplanade The backstage bypass routes foot traffic heading toward the esplanade through the elephant doors next to the World of Disney, behind the Soarin’ Over California attraction and back out onto the esplanade on the west end of the Disney California Adventure front gate. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026 The 19th-century sailing ship with authentic rigging was built in a parking lot outside their Toronto studio, with an ice esplanade to get up to it. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025 French schools are on vacation and the esplanade in front of the museum’s famous pyramid is packed with tourists. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2025 Everyone can be seen on La Croisette, Cannes' famous seaside esplanade, whether sitting on the iconic free blue beach chairs or walking up and down its two kilometers. — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for esplanade

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Noun

Over the past several weeks, Washington has escalated a lethal campaign on Iran, including along the country’s southern coast near the Strait.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
Through movement, restoration, thoughtful hospitality and a profound connection to the California coast, each stay becomes an opportunity to return home feeling renewed.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 31 July 2026

Definition of coast

Noun

Instead, the shoreline is made up of rocky outcroppings, making the pools—and the views—the true focal point.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026
The Evanston man, whose name hasn’t been released by authorities, was recovered Friday night on the shoreline of the Des Plaines River near Oak Spring Road, Lake County Forest Preserve District authorities said.

— Russell Lissau, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of shoreline

Noun

Overnight, try riverside Otani Sanso, a ryokan (traditional inn) whose youthful fifth-generation owner is a major player in local revitalization efforts.

— Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026
Its textured facade will support soil, water, plants, and wildlife, extending the existing riverside park vertically, while multiple windows and external staircases are integrated into the rock-like forms.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of riverside

Noun

Still, Duncan has regularly questioned the city’s ability to fund the project and others, like the city’s most recent plan to help fund an expansion of the Current’s stadium in the riverfront.

— Dylan Lysen July 29, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Plans call for hundreds of rental apartments, more than 100 riverfront condos and a share of units reserved as affordable housing for families earning around 80% of the area’s median income.

— Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of riverfront

Noun

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

Definition of coastland

Noun

Terminal 26, a new restaurant in Ponce City Market’s central food hall, is inspired by Thailand’s famous floating markets, where goods are sold from boats and riverbank stalls.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Travelers who’d rather be outside should drive south on Snake River Road to Buffalo Eddy, where hundreds of petroglyphs etched into the basalt by Nez Perce ancestors thousands of years ago remain visible from the riverbank.

— Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of riverbank

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