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Recent Examples of coastland
Those observations proved less conclusive than had been hoped, but during the rest of the voyage, Cook was able to map the coastland of New Zealand before sailing west to the southeastern coast of Australia—the first record of Europeans on the continent's Eastern coastline.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.
—Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
Reparations have been a periodic topic of debate since the waning days of the Civil War, when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman promised 40 acres and a mule to formerly enslaved families in a swath of confiscated Southern coastland.
—Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland and could bring torrential rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
—Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland which could dump torrential amounts of rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
—Fox News, 13 Sep. 2021
The verdant coastland and marshes teem with wildlife and fish, but every 100 minutes, land roughly the size of a football field vanishes under water.
—Anne McClintock, Teen Vogue, 11 Feb. 2020
The commission, which oversees development on about 1,100 miles of coastland, says its mission is to preserve the state’s movie-scene beaches for future use by all residents.
—Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2019
Glacier Bay covers a wild variety of terrains including ocean water, glaciers, mountains, temperate rainforests, rocky coastlands, and fjords.
—James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2019
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2022
Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.
—Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
Reparations have been a periodic topic of debate since the waning days of the Civil War, when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman promised 40 acres and a mule to formerly enslaved families in a swath of confiscated Southern coastland.
—Lee Hawkins and Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland and could bring torrential rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
—Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021
The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland which could dump torrential amounts of rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
—Fox News, 13 Sep. 2021
The verdant coastland and marshes teem with wildlife and fish, but every 100 minutes, land roughly the size of a football field vanishes under water.
—Anne McClintock, Teen Vogue, 11 Feb. 2020
The commission, which oversees development on about 1,100 miles of coastland, says its mission is to preserve the state’s movie-scene beaches for future use by all residents.
—Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2019
Glacier Bay covers a wild variety of terrains including ocean water, glaciers, mountains, temperate rainforests, rocky coastlands, and fjords.
—James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coastland
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De Hoop Nature Reserve is located on the southwestern coast of South Africa, about a 150-mile drive southeast from Cape Town.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
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Australian authorities intercept over a ton of cocaine worth $400M More than a ton of cocaine worth $400 million was seized off the coast of Australia during a drug bust that ended with the arrests of five men on Friday, local authorities said.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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Russia, a dominant military force in the Arctic with an expansive Arctic Ocean coastline, is seen by observers and US intelligence as interested in nearby naval routes, which form a key strategic chokepoint stretching from Greenland toward the United Kingdom.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
6 May 2025
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West Side On a map, Antigua vaguely resembles an oblong circle, its jagged coastline interrupted by bays, peninsulas, and tiny inlets that hide each of its 365 beaches.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2025
Noun
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The Thimble Island Old Saybrook location was on Main Street in that popular shoreline town.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2025
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Think wooden boardwalks, ice cream shops, amusement parks, and miles of gorgeous shoreline.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2025
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On Copacabana Beach, Lady Gaga put on a sensational show on par with the one Madonna did on the same beach in May 2024.—
Mario Manca,
Glamour,
4 May 2025
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Re: Plan to replace basketball courts with pickleball on Fort Lauderdale beach sparks backlash Thank you for this article by Susannah Bryan.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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About a two-hour drive southeast of Bangkok, on Thailand’s eastern seaboard, lies a vast 1.3-million-hectare expanse covering three provinces on which rests the country’s ambition of becoming a regional manufacturing powerhouse.—
Gloria Haraito,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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This saw its three-ship task group traveling from the Australian eastern seaboard to the western seaboard via the southern waters.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Coastland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coastland. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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