as in shore
the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water
she loves walking along the beach, looking for shells that the waves cast up
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Recent Examples of beach
Eric Larsen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The collection brings colorful, nostalgic energy of summertime soda cans to the poolside or beach with Kulani Kinis swimwear.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
About Lake Lure Beach Lake Lure Beach is one of the area’s most popular spots, featuring 100 yards of a sandy beach, a water park with water slides and water games and a picnic area.
—Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Most of the park's beaches are open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., while West and Porter beaches close at 9 p.m. West Beach offers locker rooms, showers and lifeguards from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from the Friday of Memorial Day weekend through the Monday of Labor Day weekend.
—Eric Larsen, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The collection brings colorful, nostalgic energy of summertime soda cans to the poolside or beach with Kulani Kinis swimwear.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 July 2025
Verb
Paros, Greece Long renowned as a source of high-quality marble, the Greek island of Paros serves as a popular tourist destination today, providing visitors with a wealth of charming villages and windswept beaches to explore.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
About Lake Lure Beach Lake Lure Beach is one of the area’s most popular spots, featuring 100 yards of a sandy beach, a water park with water slides and water games and a picnic area.
—Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beach
Verb
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Kershaw also made an impact with his bat, coaxing 13 pitches out of Bumgarner in the top of the fifth before grounding out.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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Move interest rates to ground one and the other is up in the air.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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The four tried to sail across the sea but were shipwrecked in Spain, where all four of them survived and went on to their next adventure in Not Mexico together.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Two married sea-explorers are stranded, Gilligan-style, after a storm shipwrecks their craft.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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After exploring the site, newcomers to Gozo can make their way to Victoria—the island’s largest city that’s home to a historic walled district—or venture beyond the interior to the craggy shoreline, with natural features like Dwejra Bay and the Sanap Cliffs serving as ideal sunset spots.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The route passes a whopping eight state parks and a handful of small shoreline towns known for their local fish and lakefront views.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Sep. 2025
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Sources close to the investigation told the news station that employees were also tied up.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Miner was tied up, beaten, strangled and stabbed.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The wooden bridge that was wrecked spans the Pfeiffer Redwood Creek ravine.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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That wrecked longstanding fixtures with the old Western North Carolina character, like a place to buy bib overalls and the county courthouse.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Soviet satellite controllers used the radio telescope, near the city of Yevpatoria on the Black Sea coast, to communicate with several missions of the Venus exploration program Venera in the late 1970s and early 1980s.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Their parents may feed them for up to eight months, even as the family migrates together, some flying all the way from the eastern United States to South America’s Pacific coast.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ships typically dock in Warnemünde or the commercial port at Rostock, more than 120 miles away.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Navy and Marine leaders celebrate the opening of Exercise UNITAS 2025 onboard the United States amphibious transport docking ship USS Arlington at Naval Station Mayport in Florida on September 15.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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For example, blood flukes in sea turtles can lead to range of inflammatory reactions in their vascular system severe enough to strand or kill them.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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About 10 people were stranded for hours in their cars when the road became impassable in both directions near Jenks Lake, the San Bernardino County sheriff’s office said.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Beach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beach. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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