as in shore
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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
coasting along easily in the light traffic
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Recent Examples of coast
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
This project was approved in late 2023 and is being built off the coast of Long Island, N.Y.
Trump has long opposed wind power, complaining about impacts to birds and views and even baselessly claiming in 2019 that wind power noise can cause cancer.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
When the president returned to the White House in January, Trump was coasting with positive numbers, but in the last couple of weeks, his approval ratings have dipped across the polls.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
It’s set in 1902, in a Gullah community on an island off the coast of Georgia, where a large extended family is preparing to move to the North.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
This project was approved in late 2023 and is being built off the coast of Long Island, N.Y.
Trump has long opposed wind power, complaining about impacts to birds and views and even baselessly claiming in 2019 that wind power noise can cause cancer.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
After losing to UMass in overtime last Thursday, the pair turned pro and immediately suited up for the Blackhawks on Sunday night, just coasting on adrenaline.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
When the president returned to the White House in January, Trump was coasting with positive numbers, but in the last couple of weeks, his approval ratings have dipped across the polls.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coast
Verb
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The liquor flows so freely that the rest room nearly becomes a vomitorium.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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The rich sat on deck while the poor were squeezed in the hold below, with no place to relieve themselves, so excrement, vomit, and other wastes flowed down into the lower areas.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Think of the eastern edge of South America or the coastline around the United Kingdom; these aren’t places with active volcanoes, large earthquakes or other major planetary activity.—
Alexandra Witze,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2025
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Such high temperatures are deadly to corals, which protect coastlines from erosion and storms.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As part of its efforts under [Free and Open Indo-Pacific], [Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force] remains delighted to sail into friends' ports and help enhance openness thru various and collaborative interactions.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Domestic life did not suit the 26-year-old young woman who had once sailed to China to preach the word of God.—
Claire Hoffman,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2025
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Only after the worst mass extinction of all time, as Earth’s ecosystems struggled to recover from intense global warming spurred by volcanoes, did reptiles began to live by the shoreline and become ever more at home in the water.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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However, rising water levels are expected to carry debris that was once on the shoreline out into open waters.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Tijuana River has been plagued with raw sewage and industrial waste from Tijuana for decades, fouling beaches along the U.S.-Mexico border with polluted water and sending foul odors drifting through communities in San Diego County.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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One of the reasons the forward P/E did not fall as much as trailing P/Es is that earnings estimates drifted lower, Clissold noted.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Mallorca may be known for its nightlife, its glorious beaches and lately, unfortunately, some of its tourism growing pains.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The stay in the beach house was supposed to clear their heads, and Joe wasn’t supposed to show up.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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To get here, cruise over on your own boat or take the ferry (1.5 hours) from Leland.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
21 Apr. 2025
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That stretch put the game away as the Pacers cruised to a 19-point win.—
Tony East,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Those observations proved less conclusive than had been hoped, but during the rest of the voyage, Cook was able to map the coastland of New Zealand before sailing west to the southeastern coast of Australia—the first record of Europeans on the continent's Eastern coastline.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
3 Feb. 2022
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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
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“Coast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coast. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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