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coastal

[kohs-tl] / ˈkoʊs tl /
ADJECTIVE
bordering the water
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It's just a stone's throw from Asbury Park, the once blue-collar coastal town that was the icon's stomping ground and shaped his musical identity.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The study also identified consistent differences between glaciers located on the coastal side of mountain ranges and those farther inland.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

In Albania, he was intrigued by growing tourism in a Mediterranean country that lacked the same high-end hotel infrastructure of its coastal neighbors of Greece and Montenegro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

As a young man he works as a ship-breaker in Turkey; in middle-age, we find him in a coastal town in Cambodia, making replicas of great paintings for tourists.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He’d been in East Anglia with contractors seconded to the army, building coastal defenses, which was why he was so late coming to the hospital.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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