coastwise
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of coastwise
Example Sentences
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It could also suppress the coastwise slave trade and abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2021
Some shipowners argue pessimistically that nothing can save the coastwise fleet from extinction; others, insisting that it must be saved for reasons of national defense, advocate direct Government subsidies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some restrictions: > There will be no coastwise racing on the Atlantic or Pacific.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day at dusk they maneuvered into the middle of a coastwise convoy of six cargo ships and three small naval vessels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not one gleam of light shines in the stretch of vague shadows, save where at a large coastwise munition plant a red flame leaps up for a moment and dies away.
From 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber by Bewsher, Paul
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