coastwise
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of coastwise
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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
New York has lost coastwise trade since World War II, and has barely held its own in foreign trade with 53% of the nation's total of cargoes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The contract: 30 diesel cargo ships designed for the Netherlands East Indies coastwise trade.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Government has taken over control of the railways and a number of coastwise steamship lines.
From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various
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