oceanfront
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of oceanfront
Example Sentences
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“It’s been great,” Collins, 21, said as he waxed his board atop a six-foot-high sand cliff that’s edging ever closer to $20 million oceanfront homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
There was one thing missing when a wealthy Missouri couple purchased their oceanfront home overlooking Camden Harbor in Maine: the million-dollar view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
A five-tier funfetti cake had been airlifted in from Florida, and helicopters and seaplanes descended on the islands before guests settled into their oceanfront villas.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Aerial pictures taken by AFP show concrete and other detritus have slid into the hole on the road side of the multi-million-dollar oceanfront property.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
On this hot sunny morning of July 16, 1939, a Dodge coupe pulled to the sandy side of the road in the oceanfront town of Patchogue, New York.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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