shorefront

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Recent Examples of shorefront For a more secluded experience, head to St. Andrews State Park, which has 1½ miles of pristine shorefront that isn’t lined with hotels and buildings. Staff Author, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2025 Although Winnetka would hardly be the first affluent community where private residents have been accused of monopolizing water access (see Malibu, East Hampton, Nantucket, and Half Moon Bay), few places in America are more touchy about their shorefront than Chicago. Ben Ryder Howe, Curbed, 7 Aug. 2024 Camping from $10, cabins from $30 Thatch Caye Resort Occupying the shorefront of a private island 30 minutes off the coast of Dangriga, this resort hosts just 30 guests at a time. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022 Beach camping is allowed along the lake, but if sleeping in a tent isn’t your thing, hotel owners who grew up summering at Lake Mac have recently spruced up old shorefront lodges. Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2023 And in 2018, the Christies bought a multimillion-dollar shorefront home in Bay Head, one of the more exclusive towns on the Jersey Shore. Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 16 June 2023 To fully protect Manhattan would require a flood wall that is tall, long and continuous, wrapping around the island on both sides, similar to the 16-kilometer-long, five-meter-high and nearly five-meter-thick (at its base) sea wall along the Galveston shorefront. David Biello, Scientific American, 2 Nov. 2012 Interestingly, the 16,641-acre lake was built as a recreational deep water and fishing lake, so the shorefront is clear of trees – a rarity among North Texas lake properties. Warner Group, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2022 The force of the waves subjects this stretch of shorefront to relentless erosion. Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorefront
Noun
  • One of the largest beer festivals in Florida will bring 120 brands to the waterfront in Deerfield Beach this month.
    South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2025
  • The waterfront resort, located on Yas Island, will be built and operated by Miral, a developer with multiple existing projects in the country, including Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi.
    Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • The couple lounge by the pool and sip on cocktails at the oceanfront location, which is actually El Conquistador Resort.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 May 2025
  • Located on the 24-mile Santa Rosa Island, just across the bridge from bustling Destin, Okaloosa Island is a three-mile stretch of beach that also contains the oceanfront community of Fort Walton Beach.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Upscale California hotel faces daily $11k fine for privatizing beach Disneyland's 70th anniversary: A look at the new entertainment, celebration outfits Who was killed by a train in Ohio?
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • Actor Wendell Pierce observed the raucous dancing from the safety of the beach.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • There’s an 1,800 square foot spa, and the hotel itself—an Art Deco gem—sits on the largest stretch of beachfront in Miami.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Alabama Gulf Coast has more than 30 miles of beachfront, and Gulf State Park has 3.5 miles of it reserved for relaxation and fishing.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Thimble Island Old Saybrook location was on Main Street in that popular shoreline town.
    Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
  • Think wooden boardwalks, ice cream shops, amusement parks, and miles of gorgeous shoreline.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Shorefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorefront. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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