coast-to-coast

adjective

ˈkōs-tə-ˈkōst 

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

Examples of coast-to-coast in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Huskies have not reached the final milestone since 2016, and the years of unchallenging conference play could be a factor as much as ever stronger coast-to-coast competition. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025

The show will air live coast-to-coast from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. —Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025

The special will air live coast-to-coast at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+. —Paul Grein, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2025

Overture would be able to fly at Mach 1.3 (about 1,000 mph) without an audible boom, reducing U.S. coast-to-coast flight times by up to 90 minutes — if there wasn’t a law prohibiting supersonic flights overland. —Jackie Snow, Quartz, 18 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for coast-to-coast

• diagnosed
• easternmost
• innermost
• lowermost
• milepost
• northernmost
• outermost
• rearmost
• southernmost
• uppermost
• uttermost
• westernmost