coastland

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Recent Examples of coastland 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 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 Reparations have been a periodic topic of debate since the waning days of the Civil War, when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman promised 40 acres and a mule to formerly enslaved families in a swath of confiscated Southern coastland. Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 25 Mar. 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 The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland which could dump torrential amounts of rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Fox News, 13 Sep. 2021 The verdant coastland and marshes teem with wildlife and fish, but every 100 minutes, land roughly the size of a football field vanishes under water. Anne McClintock, Teen Vogue, 11 Feb. 2020 The commission, which oversees development on about 1,100 miles of coastland, says its mission is to preserve the state’s movie-scene beaches for future use by all residents. Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2019 Glacier Bay covers a wild variety of terrains including ocean water, glaciers, mountains, temperate rainforests, rocky coastlands, and fjords. James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coastland
Noun
  • Luckily, the snake was not of a venomous variety. – The Mets traveled across the state for a two-game, Gulf coast swing Saturday, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Port Charlotte.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • For more than 100 years, the agency has taken daily weather observations and mapped the nation's coasts.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The resort features 14 rooms, suites, and villas spread along seven miles of pristine Coral Sea coastline.
    Kaila Yu, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • These comprehensive trails span both Baldwin and Mobile counties, following the coastline, wetlands, and backwaters—all crucial stopover habitats for migratory birds.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Covering 2,530 surface acres, Lake Moomaw features 43 miles of undeveloped shoreline, which means there are plenty of places to find your own little slice of secluded heaven all up and down the lake.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Scientists have long questioned whether the ridges might represent the remnants of a shoreline, so Zhurong set out in search of evidence of ancient water.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The beaches feel more secluded, the pace more measured, and the atmosphere more sophisticated.
    Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Earlier in the cast’s trip to the Bahamas to visit Sienna Evans, who cast member Shep Rose believed to be his girlfriend, Shep got kicked out of the hotel casino due to his excessive drinking and slept on the beach.
    Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Promising areas for hydrogen exploration across the country include Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, the Four Corners region, the California coast and the Eastern seaboard, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Areas where temperatures will not dip near or below freezing could see severe thunderstorms, including the central Atlantic seaboard.
    Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025

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“Coastland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastland. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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