noun
Etymology
Origin of waterfront
Example Sentences
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Residents will also have access to a suite of community amenities, including a waterfront pool and sun deck, a private clubhouse, a fitness center, and a limited collection of just seven private boat slips.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
On Monday, his son Eric Trump posted computer-generated images of a future Trump Library on X showing an imposing skyscraper on the Miami waterfront.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
On an unseasonably warm afternoon, families flocked to the waterfront, sunning themselves before an azure-blue Mediterranean.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
As the company’s Medicaid billings soared, property records show Mitchell purchased a $2.5 million home on Florida’s Sanibel Island and a $600,000 waterfront house on Indiana’s Tippecanoe River.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
They had moved at first into a dilapidated shed down on the waterfront, on the fringes of Hooverville.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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