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esplanade

noun

Definition of esplanade

as in shore

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Recent Examples of esplanade Amid rumors of the impending announcement, following a test-run at the Eiffel Tower overnight, fans and sightseers had also gathered on the Trocadero esplanade in anticipation. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026 Though the city promised that the park’s trees, athletic fields and waterfront esplanade would be restored and improved in tandem with the new protective landscape, controversy raged on. — James S. Russell, Bloomberg, 13 Mar. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for esplanade

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Noun

Should cabin fever somehow strike, the hotel can arrange adventures further afield, from whale-watching and boat trips along the Costa Del Sol coast to private hikes through the Andalusian mountains and even cheesemaking at a local goat farm.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Long, planetary waves push the warm water to our coast and also raise the sea level, according to Clarissa Anderson, director of the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of coast

Noun

Guests must either fly into Nassau and take a 10-minute flight to Fresh Creek Airport, or book one of the property’s Coco seaplanes from Fort Lauderdale with a direct route to its iconic shoreline.

— Joey Skladany, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
Which other creature would have laid its eggs in such a place—which other creature would have had that distant memory of a shoreline buried deep inside?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of shoreline

Noun

The state’s coastlines have been inundated with high surf for much of the summer, leading to severe erosion at some of the state’s most popular beaches.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
But the wild and remote coastline’s dramatic transformation had long been expected, according to NPS.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of coastline

Noun

Downstairs, there’s a cozy tavern and riverside restaurant overlooking Rondout Creek.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026
Centre d’Art Marcel Gagnon is a riverside accommodation that immerses guests in the works of local artists, with 100 waterfront sculptures comprising a large-scale art installation and an on-site gallery.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of riverside

Noun

At the park where the Rogerses lived, five campers now sit on riverfront lots where mobile homes were anchored into the soil until Helene hit.

— Ren Larson, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2026
The planner in me was as excited to search for the right Airbnbs as to stay in them; there were so many options to browse through, from farmhouses and A-frames to riverfront condos and tree houses.

— Sara Sturek, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of riverfront

Noun

Nothing terribly exciting is happening inside this three-bedroom, but there’s lots of light and a respectable amount of space, and the beach is just a few minutes away.

— Nora Deligter, Curbed, 2 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, a swell from Hurricane Rachel is expected to bring elevated surf of 5 to 6 feet to area beaches on Tuesday through Thursday, according to the weather service forecast.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of beach

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

Chinaman’s Bluff stood in for the field where James plays with Odin, and the Dart River was used as the meadow’s riverbank.

— Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
With bow and arrow in hand, Anghba finds his hunt for a wild boar across a riverbank interrupted by a raft floating downstream, as former tribespeople surround a jovial American preacher (Douglas Henshall), much to the chieftain’s chagrin.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of riverbank

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