shorefront

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Recent Examples of shorefront And both suggested staying at the shorefront Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, which is among the nicer properties in the area. — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026 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. — Se Eun Gong, NPR, 5 July 2025 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
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  1. waterfront
  2. oceanfront
  3. beach
  4. beachfront
  5. shoreline
  6. seaside
Noun
  • Coinciding with the event is the Nights of Lights celebration (November 21–January 8), when tiny white lights illuminate the town’s architecture, oak trees, and waterfront—including the Bridge of Lions, Lightner Museum, and Plaza de la Constitución.
    — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Here were once waterfront villas, a cathedral, a busy market frequented by tourists.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of waterfront
Noun
  • The rooms Rooms are clean and bright, content to sit back, relax, and let the killer oceanfront views do much of the work where possible; first order of business are massive windows and glass doors leading out onto generous balconies.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Work at the oceanfront building has been underway for five years.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of oceanfront
Noun
  • As a super El Niño intensifies in the Pacific Ocean, coastal beach erosion is devastating Southern California and beyond.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 23 Oct. 2026
  • You may be forgiven for anticipating a potboiler climax when a lush hideaway with a private beach is concerned, and what occurs there is indeed juicy.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of beach
Noun
  • New Skydance content sales chief David Decker was all smiles at the WBD stand, able to look over and see his new Paramount colleagues just along the beachfront.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Saxon testified that West planned to turn the luxury beachfront home, designed by prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando, into an off-the-grid bunker.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of beachfront
Noun
  • Inside the guest rooms, large picture windows frame the shoreline.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Hannah Damon, director of outreach and administration at Camp Amnicon Adventures and Retreats in South Range, Wisconsin, made the discovery while spending time with her son along the camp's sandy shoreline.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of shoreline
Noun
  • Holed up in Diane Taverner’s (Kristin Scott Thomas) seaside cottage and the surrounding beach, the Horses wage war against the dueling factions, with onetime faithful Dog Flyte (Ruth Bradley) taking a bullet on the beach.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Southwold is one of Britain’s affluent seaside getaway towns, filled with Range Rovers and sunburned Londoners.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of seaside

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“Shorefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorefront. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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