coastline
Americannoun
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coastlines
plural
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the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
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the land and water lying adjacent to a shoreline.
noun
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The tournament is set to draw up to 75,000 spectators to the links course, set among towering dunes on a rugged stretch of County Clare coastline.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Waves also splashed over sections of Pacific Coast Highway near Point Mugu, and in Seal Beach, coastline parking lots flooded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Tired of the overcrowded beaches of Italy, Greece, and Spain, savvy developers are looking for new stretches of the coastline and have landed on Albania.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
It is simply a small boat that has departed from further along the coastline to avoid detection.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
One project looked at the local effects of climate change by measuring the erosion of the cliffs along the coastline.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
It offers quiet roads along coastlines and river gorges and into mountains, among rice paddies and through towns with tiled roofs where villagers pride themselves on their Shikoku hospitality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
We gathered images from across Kent, Surrey and Sussex, capturing the crowds, coastlines and viewing methods that helped people experience the moment.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Sanctions are being circumvented using ageing and poorly maintained tankers, putting coastlines and marine ecosystems at risk," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
This rapid temperature rise is causing frozen ground to thaw and coastlines to break apart.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
We learned that wildlife, like deer and butterflies, depend on native plants for survival, and if we remove the bushes and small trees along our coastlines, then hurricanes could cause increased coastal erosion.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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