coast
noun
the land next to the sea; seashore.
are coasting
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present progressiveof coast.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Today, people are coasting into the holiday weekend with relief that the job numbers were solid," said Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group in Omaha.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2023
“The pace is not fast enough to achieve the SDGs. I feel that we are coasting somewhat,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2017
Except for a few committees examining high-profile issues, many legislators are coasting from the recent Easter holiday toward the Memorial Day recess.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the schooners, cutters, and craft of small tonnage that fill up the scene, and crowd alongside the wharf and its tees, are coasting or Island traders.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay
Which is the best when you are coasting?
From Where We Live A Home Geography by Emilie Van Beil Jacobs
