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shoreline

noun

Definition of shoreline

as in shore

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Recent Examples of shoreline California is flush with dumb money and bad judgment, and an insatiable romance with an epic 1,200-mile shoreline. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Grown-ups, meanwhile, can make a night of it on the October Beer Tasting Train, a 21+ excursion that pairs local craft brews with views of the shoreline in peak color. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 15 Oct. 2026 Depending on their location, oyster reefs also provide shoreline protection. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2026 Tropical storm-force winds began to lash the Gulf shoreline around midday, hours before Isaias was expected to make landfall between Mobile Bay on the Alabama coast and the city of Destin in the Florida Panhandle. — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shoreline

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Noun

Their roots knit the coastline together, sheltering marine life and fish and absorbing carbon emissions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
California has long prided itself as a regulatory trailblazer, whether to preserve its coastline, reduce air pollution, protect gig workers, ensure data privacy or battle climate change.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of coastline

Noun

West Coast, wet coast Forecasters expect warmer temperatures in Northern California, and above-average precipitation across the state, particularly in Southern California.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Guyana is a diverse country of some 840,000 people that recently became one of the world’s largest offshore oil producers after massive oil deposits were discovered off its coast more than a decade ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of coast

Noun

In the summer, salads, sandwiches, and pizzas are served across the street at The Bathhouse, just off the beach.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
But when Downer’s phone washed ashore on the beach in Santa Monica, the LAPD’s Robbery-Homicide Division took over the investigation.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of beach

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

Definition of coastland

Noun

The Rainforest Junior Suites come with separate living rooms, while villas—from rainforest to beachfront—amp up the privacy.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
The secluded property features 60 rooms—42 casitas and 18 villas—set along the beachfront or nestled within the lush forest.

— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of beachfront

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

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