1
: extending or airing across an entire nation or continent
a coast-to-coast flight
a coast-to-coast broadcast
2
: extending from one end of a playing surface (such as a basketball court) to the other
a coast-to-coast rush
also : relating to or resulting from a coast-to-coast play
a coast-to-coast layup
coast-to-coast adverb

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In the absence of a competing coast-to-coast matchup on CBS, the Sept. 8 Cowboys-Browns opener scared up 23.93 million viewers, up 47% versus the year-ago Packers-Bears broadcast, which averaged 16.27 million viewers opposite CBS’s Eagles-Patriots opener (21.35 million). Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2024 Weather extremes are forecast from coast-to-coast this week as a cold front moves inland off the Pacific and a bout of potentially record-breaking heat spreads eastward, producing strong thunderstorms in the central U.S. as the temperatures clash, meteorologists say. Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024 Naturally, that America’s Game of the Week boost is limited to weeks when Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady are calling the action in the coast-to-coast window. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Oct. 2024 For all the hype surrounding this coast-to-coast World Series, the glory days of the rivalry took place when the teams played 15 miles from one another: the Dodgers in Brooklyn, the Yankees in the Bronx. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for coast-to-coast 

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of coast-to-coast was in 1911

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“Coast-to-coast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coast-to-coast. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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