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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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This waterfront site, echoing the spirit of Buenos Aires’ old ports, fit the bill.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
AFAR Media,
15 Sep. 2025
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Some roads and low-lying property including parking lots, parks and lawns near the waterfront will experience shallow flooding.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bien Sur — 53810 Highway 1 —is considered by many as the crown jewel of the Big Sur oceanfront properties, according to Truszkowski Freedman & Associates of Sotheby’s International Realty – Carmel Brokerage, which represented the sellers and buyers for both deals.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Whether its a Mammoth mountain home or an oceanfront residence in Laguna Beach, J Kramer Corp expertly manages each project, working closely with clients, architects, designers, and a trusted roster of subcontractors.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While its emerald waters, manta ray dives, and powdery beaches get most of the glory, the island’s food scene alone warrants the journey.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Her hobbies include lusting after them, dating them, hanging out at their beach house, contemplative night-swimming in their pool, and occasionally playing volleyball.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Specifically, Inlet Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, and Destin all are emerging as luxury markets with new upscale beachfront properties boosting overall prices.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Here, a beautiful beachfront feels mercilessly untouched.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As the shoreline’s clarity diminishes, Berry stressed the importance of this research for conservation efforts, especially doing it collaboratively.—
Amelia Wu,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Swim in a direction following the shoreline.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For a quaint seaside town, the fictional Cape Carnage has an unusual string of mysterious murders.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Nestled among the picturesque seaside towns on France’s blustery northern coast is an unsuspecting place called Deauville.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Shorefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shorefront. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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