the seaside

noun

chiefly British
: the areas or towns along or near the sea
a trip to the seaside

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For centuries, and in all kinds of weather, the British have licked ice creams, strolled piers and dropped coins in arcade games at the seaside. Suyin Haynes, CNN Money, 22 July 2025 The winner of the Preakness and Saturday’s Haskell Stakes will fly west from Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., on Tuesday and spend at least the next month at the seaside before a decision is made on the 3-year-old’s next race. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025 For now, however, the San Clemente location is where his focus remains; after all, with one young child and another one en route, familial access is now more important than ever to Small, who has lived in the seaside town for nearly five years. Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 18 July 2025 The collection is inspired by the actual Arco (arch) Felice, located on the seaside of the Gulf of Naples. Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the seaside

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“The seaside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20seaside. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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