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coastline

noun

Definition of coastline

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 The Carrington Estate owns seven kilometers of private white-sand coastline on the natural Karikari Peninsula, the traditional hunting and gathering grounds of the Ngati Kahu tribe. — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 The year is 1915, and while the First World War may be raging in Europe, the sleepy Isles of Scilly — off England’s Cornish coastline — seem distantly removed from the conflict. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 July 2026 Search efforts in the state of La Guaira, which hugs Venezuela's northern Caribbean coastline, have continued apace, and an American task force from Fairfax, Virginia was among those working near the epicenter of the catastrophe on Monday. — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 30 June 2026 The guest speaker is archaeologist Adam Niesley, who will discuss the story of 12,000 years of humanity in San Diego, about adaptations to changing climates, shifting coastlines, disappearing megafauna and new food resources. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for coastline

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Since then, the United States has expanded from 13 colonies along the Atlantic coast to 50 states stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific and beyond.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Cape Verde, an island nation off the west coast of Africa that qualified for the World Cup for the first time this year, is scheduled to face Argentina tomorrow in the knockout stage of the tournament.

— Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026

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Biking Barefoot There’s hardly anything more quintessentially Southern than hopping on a bike barefoot—and probably in a wet swimsuit as well—in the summertime to pedal down the street to a friend's house, neighborhood pool, or the shoreline.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 4 July 2026
Fox News Digital previously reported that several sharks were spotted near New York City beaches over the Fourth of July holiday last year, temporarily prompting officials to close a stretch of shoreline in Queens as a precaution.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

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