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esplanade

noun

Definition of esplanade

as in shore

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Recent Examples of esplanade The backstage bypass routes foot traffic heading toward the esplanade through the elephant doors next to the World of Disney, behind the Soarin’ Over California attraction and back out onto the esplanade on the west end of the Disney California Adventure front gate. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026 The 19th-century sailing ship with authentic rigging was built in a parking lot outside their Toronto studio, with an ice esplanade to get up to it. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025 French schools are on vacation and the esplanade in front of the museum’s famous pyramid is packed with tourists. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2025 Everyone can be seen on La Croisette, Cannes' famous seaside esplanade, whether sitting on the iconic free blue beach chairs or walking up and down its two kilometers. — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for esplanade

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Noun

Yermolaiev has lived in the glitzy city state on the Mediterranean coast for several years, having left Ukraine and renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 to become a citizen of Cyprus.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Navarro indicated that the hospital ship USNS Comfort, which was already in Peru in 2018 and 2019, will arrive in the northern Pacific coast of Peru in February 2027, when El Nino is expected to peak.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of coast

Noun

The shoreline and break at Seabright Beach are relatively steep, with heavy surf that breaks close to shore, the state parks said.

— Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
The shoreline below has been fenced off for more than two years, pending the removal of old wood pilings.

— Jake Offenhartz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of shoreline

Noun

Analysts say the Houthis appear to be mobilizing for an offensive that would aim to take more of the Red Sea coastline.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Scientists have recorded 27 million metric tons of self-sustaining sargassum, a seaweed, along the coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, according to this recent Times article.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of coastline

Noun

Rooms There are just 13 rooms, each quietly refined with a riverside color palette and floor-to-ceiling windows.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Most visitors are likely to watch from hotels, Nile cruise ships or riverside viewing areas rather than iconic sites such as Karnak Temple or Luxor Temple, where access is likely to be restricted.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of riverside

Noun

Take the paved footpath behind Zori past olive groves to reach the ACI Marina, its restaurants and the taxi boats that take you to Hvar Town and the notoriously hedonistic beach club, Carpe Diem, on the neighboring island of Marinkovac.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
On a bright May morning that year, a scream rang out along the reservoir’s popular beach spot, Hemenway Harbor.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of beach

Noun

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
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

Definition of coastland

Noun

Riding down the riverbank, Anna and Zoe aren’t finding anything that could give them a lead on where the family could be.

— Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
The Minnesota Marine Art Museum has a great collection of marine and river art and sits on the riverbank.

— Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of riverbank

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