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shoreside

American  
[shawr-sahyd, shohr-] / ˈʃɔrˌsaɪd, ˈʃoʊr- /

noun

  1. land along a shore.


adjective

  1. located on such land.

Etymology

Origin of shoreside

First recorded in 1565–75; shore 1 + side 1

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It says, however, that the Sri Lankan government has assumed responsibility for all shoreside clean-up activities and it is disappointed by the delays in that process and the ongoing impacts this is having.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2025

About 100 people from Pembrokeshire work on the shoreside operations and on the route between Fishguard and Rosslare.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2025

But crews were still removing oil and washing shoreside rocks along Swan Lake, a coastal recess located several miles west of Pelican Island along the Texas Coast.

From Seattle Times May 20, 2024

Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses stand ready to whisk visitors away, with many headed for the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier.

From Washington Times Aug. 6, 2023

In the whole length of the single shoreside street, with its scattered board houses looking to the sea, its grateful shade of palms and green jungle of puraos, no moving figure could be seen.

From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson

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