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waterfront

noun

Definition of waterfront

as in beach

the land or the part of a town next to the water of an ocean, lake, etc. They have evening concerts on the waterfront.

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Recent Examples of waterfront The Georgetown Wooden Boat Show, now in its 37th year, is held on the third weekend of October on the waterfront and along Front Street. — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2026 In practice, the Mughals in India, from the 15th century onward, had a rich tradition of landscaping and building waterfront and palace gardens, modeling themselves after heavenly authority and their cities after the heavenly garden. — Aishwarya Lakshmi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026 Victoria and David, Harper, Cruz, and Jackie had just grabbed something to eat at a spot on the waterfront of the famous Italian riviera town. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2026 The day of the fateful shootout, Sheriff Joseph McKinney had seized a squatter’s house, but a large armed party of men led by Maloney reclaimed it and began moving toward the waterfront. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for waterfront

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Take the paved footpath behind Zori past olive groves to reach the ACI Marina, its restaurants and the taxi boats that take you to Hvar Town and the notoriously hedonistic beach club, Carpe Diem, on the neighboring island of Marinkovac.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
On a bright May morning that year, a scream rang out along the reservoir’s popular beach spot, Hemenway Harbor.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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Yermolaiev has lived in the glitzy city state on the Mediterranean coast for several years, having left Ukraine and renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 to become a citizen of Cyprus.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Navarro indicated that the hospital ship USNS Comfort, which was already in Peru in 2018 and 2019, will arrive in the northern Pacific coast of Peru in February 2027, when El Nino is expected to peak.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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