as in coast
the land adjacent to a body of water
The state has mainly rocky coastline and few beaches. The plane flew along the eastern coastline.
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Recent Examples of coastline
Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction.
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Beaches The coastlines of both countries feature beautiful beaches with white sand and warm, turquoise water.
—Kent Redding, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
Councilmember Stephen Whitburn said the city’s 17 miles of coastline are what make San Diego special and city officials must address sea-level rise to protect them.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
All that airborne guano is nature’s marine fertilizer, and scientists have been vastly underestimating how much seabird poop is actually fertilizing our oceans and coastlines.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Beaches The coastlines of both countries feature beautiful beaches with white sand and warm, turquoise water.
—Kent Redding, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
Councilmember Stephen Whitburn said the city’s 17 miles of coastline are what make San Diego special and city officials must address sea-level rise to protect them.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
All that airborne guano is nature’s marine fertilizer, and scientists have been vastly underestimating how much seabird poop is actually fertilizing our oceans and coastlines.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coastline
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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
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Both of these markets are on the beach, a factor which further brings up prices amid already high demand from buyers.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The mountainous Crimea used to be a popular holiday destination in the former USSR, known for its sunny climate and sandy beaches.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 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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“Coastline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastline. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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