West Coast

noun

1. the western coast of the U.S., bordering the Pacific Ocean and comprising the coastal areas of California, Oregon, and Washington.

Other Word Forms

• West-Coast adjective

Example Sentences

State coalitions on the West Coast and Northeast took the findings from Osterholm’s group and medical associations into account.

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A number of states, including newly formed coalitions along the West Coast and in the Northeast, also issued separate vaccination guidance based on recommendations and research from medical societies and other groups.

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Invitation Homes and American Homes 4 Rent AMH -0.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle are still seeing healthy rent growth in the Midwest and parts of the West Coast.

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“By contrast, several Sunbelt and West Coast markets that were recently red-hot are now faring far worse,” Godec said.

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More ominously, the West Coast white-labor movement pushed for Chinese immigrant labor exclusion from railroads, resulting in the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first but not last U.S. immigration-restriction law.

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