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Recent Examples of littoral
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Oceanside’s harbor has long influenced sediment flow within the Oceanside littoral cell.
—Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
George Weigel, National Review, 2 Dec. 2019
Like many Freedom-class littoral combat ships, Billings visited several cities and towns in the Great Lakes region before departing for the Atlantic via the St. Lawrence Seaway.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2019
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Adjective
This includes the Army eliminating drones and vehicles that have been produced in surplus, and the Navy cutting frigates and littoral combat ships, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Oceanside’s harbor has long influenced sediment flow within the Oceanside littoral cell.
—Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
Thanksgiving along the Potomac littoral seemed a little emptier this year without Rob Odle, who died on October 2 after a tough fight with cancer.
—George Weigel, National Review, 2 Dec. 2019
Like many Freedom-class littoral combat ships, Billings visited several cities and towns in the Great Lakes region before departing for the Atlantic via the St. Lawrence Seaway.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for littoral
Noun
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De Hoop Nature Reserve is located on the southwestern coast of South Africa, about a 150-mile drive southeast from Cape Town.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
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About five second of Googling shows that Levin, about this time last year, responded to a boat landing in Carlsbad by calling for a vote on legislation to extend the enforcement zone off the coast.—
Sal Rodriguez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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The wind segment, which provides both onshore and offshore solutions, is more of a turnaround situation.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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Specifically, early assessments suggest that the cost savings generated by onshoring agentic AI use in high-volume, highly repetitive back-office processes far exceed the cost savings generated by outsourcing the same processes to an offshore provider.—
Jim DeLoach,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The Thimble Island Old Saybrook location was on Main Street in that popular shoreline town.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2025
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Hike along the 6-mile Sugar Cane Trail, or go for a swim at the sandy beach shoreline.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
Noun
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From wild coastlines to rainforest revival, Chelsea’s gardens reflect a world in flux.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Blue Stone counters and Thermador appliances trail the space with Sailor Blue cabinetry, too, ahead of an area that seats four by coastline views.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
18 May 2025
Noun
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Around one-fifth of red wolves meet their end on a bumper, many on US 64, a primary route that vacationers take to the Outer Banks, the picturesque chain of barrier islands that line North Carolina’s seaboard.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Vox,
14 Mar. 2025
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About a two-hour drive southeast of Bangkok, on Thailand’s eastern seaboard, lies a vast 1.3-million-hectare expanse covering three provinces on which rests the country’s ambition of becoming a regional manufacturing powerhouse.—
Gloria Haraito,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those observations proved less conclusive than had been hoped, but during the rest of the voyage, Cook was able to map the coastland of New Zealand before sailing west to the southeastern coast of Australia—the first record of Europeans on the continent's Eastern coastline.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
3 Feb. 2022
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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
Noun
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The new Trump budget proposal would reduce money for the nation's national parks, monuments, historic sites, seashores and trails by nearly 25%.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA Today,
5 May 2025
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The general findings are that stainless steel canisters could pit or crack when stored near a seashore.—
Gerald Frankel,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As one of the oldest seaside resorts on the East Coast, Pawleys Island is rich with historical charm and timeless beauty.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
17 May 2025
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Then there was an image that may have looked familiar to Southern Californians: Pacific Coast Highway, twisting through a seaside neighborhood that looks very much like Malibu before the Palisades fire.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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“Littoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/littoral. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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