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Recent Examples of shorefront
The shorefront is lined with some 400 buildings, including high-rise hotels and villas that can accommodate around 20,000 guests, according to North Korean state media.
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Se Eun Gong, NPR, 5 July 2025
The private wooded parcel sits on 15.7 acres with 785 feet of shorefront on Pretty Marsh Harbor.
—Emma Reynolds, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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
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
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
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
Se Eun Gong, NPR, 5 July 2025
The private wooded parcel sits on 15.7 acres with 785 feet of shorefront on Pretty Marsh Harbor.
—Emma Reynolds, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shorefront
Noun
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The first permanent settlement west of the Rocky Mountains, Astoria features a historic downtown, forests, and a picturesque waterfront trail.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2026
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Fresh seafood is abundant at waterfront restaurants with lively happy hours.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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An oceanfront with a plunge pool would be my splurge.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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The other Chapter 11 filing was made in November 2025 by the Castillo Grand Hotel Condominium Residences Association, which governs the condo-hotel units at the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale oceanfront resort.—
Awilda Esteras,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This quiet corner of the island is laced with pink-sand beaches and impossibly calm, glowing blue waters.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles County public health officials issued a bacteria warning at several beaches as a potentially record-breaking heat wave arrives in Southern California.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Take your pick between a stay in a modern condo or a nostalgic beachfront cottage.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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During his brief time working on the $57 million beachfront mansion, Saxon claims he was severely injured.—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The shoreline paradise experience begins once guests step inside its cottages and coastal captain homes.—
Morgan Rizzo,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2026
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Visitors are filling the shoreline along A1A to soak up the South Florida sun and enjoy the peak of the vacation season.—
Michele Eve Sandberg,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ogunquit, Maine Ogunquit boasts miles of sandy beaches, a seaside cliff walk, and a quaint, walkable village with shops, restaurants, and art galleries.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2026
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Duke’s, a legendary seaside restaurant on PCH, has remained closed for over a year following heavy mudslides after the Palisades fire.—
Angela Osorio,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Shorefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorefront. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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