as in beach
the land or the part of a town next to the water of an ocean, lake, etc.
They have evening concerts on the waterfront.
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Recent Examples of waterfront
There are plenty of waterfront stays to choose from, too.
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
The effort began in 1991, when the city council solicited public input on how to redevelop a stretch of land along the waterfront.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
And there will be a pretty sweet view along with the Tuscan-style cuisine, too, with waterfront vistas stretching across the Bay from the full weatherized and heated patio.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
The project also calls for several banquet rooms, as well as a 6-foot-wide waterfront walkway, open to the public during business hours, that traverses the perimeter of the property.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
The effort began in 1991, when the city council solicited public input on how to redevelop a stretch of land along the waterfront.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
And there will be a pretty sweet view along with the Tuscan-style cuisine, too, with waterfront vistas stretching across the Bay from the full weatherized and heated patio.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2025
The project also calls for several banquet rooms, as well as a 6-foot-wide waterfront walkway, open to the public during business hours, that traverses the perimeter of the property.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waterfront
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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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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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“Waterfront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterfront. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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