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coast-to-coast

[ kohst-tuh-kohst ]

adjective

  1. extending, going, or operating from one coast of the U.S. to the other:

    a coast-to-coast television network.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of coast-to-coast1

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

His weeknight program, “Coast-to-Coast AM,” discussed aliens, paranormal activity, and shadowy government cover-ups.

In 1920, the United States Postal Service announced it would begin a coast-to-coast route.

In the early days of airmail, a system of coast-to-coast arrows pointed the way for pilots.

It only got there after a grueling, coast-to-coast slog through the lower courts.

After three decades of motorized flight, no black aviator had managed to fly coast-to-coast.

Why should we not consider ourselves a deathless Panama-Pacific Exposition on a coast-to-coast scale?

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