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seacoast

noun

Definition of seacoast

as in seaboard

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Recent Examples of seacoast North Korea has opened a splashy resort on its eastern seacoast called Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area, featuring some 400 buildings. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 July 2025 Located on the seacoast of Northern Ireland, this UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of seven natural wonders of the United Kingdom is otherworldly. — Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025 The Odesa port and two others on the nearby seacoast have been a particular target of Russian wrath for the last eight months, since Ukraine managed to open a coast-hugging 350-mile Black Sea grain corridor to the Bosporus strait. — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024 There are unique Airbnbs abound but for a unique stay on the seacoast, check out Great Island Inn. — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for seacoast

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Noun

The New England Aquarium maintains the North Atlantic Right Whale Catalog in collaboration with researchers and organizations along the eastern seaboard of North America and eastern Canada.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
El Niño years are also associated with coastal flooding on the Eastern seaboard and the West Coast.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of seaboard

Noun

The list below includes stories about falling home prices, rising rents, luxury housing – and the sale of a high-end seaside resort.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 10 Nov. 2026
This year, Blazy’s first presented the 2027 cruise line in the French seaside resort Biarritz in April.

— Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of seaside

Noun

Though a seashore and park can be different in some respects, two laws dating to the 1970s direct the National Park Service to manage and regulate parks and seashores using the same standards.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Long after all humans have vanished from our planet, some extragalactic visitors might land gently on an empty seashore, throw a bucket into the sea and haul up samples of bacteria.

— Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of seashore

Noun

Rarotonga’s 20-mile coast road threads between reef and pleated peaks, while Aitutaki is defined by its broad lagoon.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
The ordeal ended when residents of Fanning Island in Kiribati spotted the vessel drifting off their coast and brought the five passengers ashore, according to the ABC and The Times.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of coast

Noun

The post also included photos of a table filled with bouquets gifted to Jenner for her birthday and a shot of her in riding gear on a horse on the beach.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2026
The property has repeatedly refreshed guest rooms, restaurants, and public spaces to stay contemporary while anchoring itself in Cayman’s culture and beach heritage.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of beach

Noun

This year also brings the return of the Dubai Sail Grand Prix, with high-speed catamarans racing off the city’s coastline, while HYROX Dubai will see athletes tackle a grueling combination of running and functional fitness challenges.

— Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Instead, dirt paths and stalks of grass populated the area, and steel beams lay on rocks along the coastline of Lake Michigan.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of coastline

Noun

On July 22, 1979, a boy between 12 and 16 years old was found on the Imperial Beach shoreline.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
At the bottom of the slope, dozens of protective barriers have been installed as a buffer from waves pounding the shoreline.

— Michele Gile, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of shoreline

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

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