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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

Add a day trip or two to see more of Oregon’s Pacific seaboard.

— Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
In the 1700s, when West Africans were shackled and shipped to the South Carolina–Georgia seaboard, some were forced to work in rice paddies, in cotton fields, and on indigo plantations, where the moist climate resembled that of their homelands.

— jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Definition of seaboard

Noun

In this year’s Palme d’Or winner, Stan and Reinsve play a married couple, Mihai and Lisbet Gheorghiu, long based in Bucharest, Romania, but who seize the chance to move to a small seaside town in Norway where Lisbet’s family is from.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026
The Deauville Industry Days sidebar, taking place over two days at the festival being held at the French seaside town, will incorporate various talks, panels and sessions.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Aug. 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

The incident was reported Tuesday, off the Omani coast, the UKMTO said, which added that the resulting fire had been extinguished, all crew members were reported safe, and an investigation was underway.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Silversea Cruises’ Silver Whisper also helped rescue a man from a disabled sailing vessel nearly 500 miles off the Oregon coast in late May.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of coast

Noun

Thankfully, there is a fleet of golf carts available to whisk you up from the beach to your room, making this more accessible for travelers with low mobility.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
Federal and local officials are investigating after a banner plane crashed into the water off a popular Florida beach on Thursday morning.

— Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of beach

Noun

The opening holes may not immediately reveal what awaits, but that changes quickly as the course turns back on itself and descends into a stunning, secluded valley that eventually opens toward the coastline.

— Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The warnings were issued late Thursday and early Friday as meteorologists monitored lingering weather conditions along the coastline, stemming from remnants of regional tropical storms.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of coastline

Noun

The Sheriff’s Office patrols the Chain, with 6,000 acres and 15 lakes that are interconnected navigable waterways, along with the county portion of the Fox River and 26 miles of the Lake Michigan shoreline.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Certain roads — such as Highway 37, which connects Marin County to Napa County on the bay shoreline — as well as parts of Highway 101 and coastal Highway 1 are all at risk for flooding.

— Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 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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