as in shore
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to move or proceed smoothly and readily
coasting along easily in the light traffic
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Recent Examples of coast
Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
How to get to Oaxaca’s coast A road trip to Oaxaca’s coast from the region’s capital requires a drive through the Sierra Madre del Sur.
—Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 13 Mar. 2025
Dave Lawler, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Lafrenière, at the end of a 1:14 shift — longer than normal but not exactly taxing — coasted and let Rakell get a step on him.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
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Noun
For South County, sewage flowing into the United States from Mexico is a constant threat to public health for people near the Tijuana River Valley and along our coast and must be addressed.
—Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
How to get to Oaxaca’s coast A road trip to Oaxaca’s coast from the region’s capital requires a drive through the Sierra Madre del Sur.
—Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
Trump's team, for its part, argues that Europe has coasted on American strength for far too long, and that NATO's previous approach to Ukraine only prolonged a terrible war.
—Dave Lawler, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Lafrenière, at the end of a 1:14 shift — longer than normal but not exactly taxing — coasted and let Rakell get a step on him.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coast
Verb
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Conversation flowed into dinner, where the crowd discovered another accessory waiting for them: a luggage tag, ready for the next trip.—
Kristen Tauer,
WWD,
14 Mar. 2025
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On the first floor, the chef’s kitchen with Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances flows into the dining room.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The resort features 14 rooms, suites, and villas spread along seven miles of pristine Coral Sea coastline.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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These comprehensive trails span both Baldwin and Mobile counties, following the coastline, wetlands, and backwaters—all crucial stopover habitats for migratory birds.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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However, things then went from bad to worse for Spaun who could only watch with a bemused expression as his tee shot on the famous par-three 17th sailed way past the green and landed straight in the water.—
Matias Grez,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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His ball cut through the wind and sailed clear over the green into the water, leading to a triple bogey that ended his hopes.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fresh water melting from the bottom of the iceberg could affect the local ocean environment and flora and fauna along the island's shoreline.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Notably, Port Arthur is also just a 30-minute drive to Sea Rim State Park, where 5.2 miles of shoreline and more than 4,000 acres of marshland can be explored at leisure.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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With Isak pulling into those wider left channels in Newcastle’s attack, there are even occasions of Van Dijk being willing to drift out of position — running across his own centre-back — to follow the Sweden international rather than pass him onto a team-mate.—
Mark Carey,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, everyone else managed to drift in a wooden boat on the waters in darkness for the next 10 hours.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The beaches feel more secluded, the pace more measured, and the atmosphere more sophisticated.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Earlier in the cast’s trip to the Bahamas to visit Sienna Evans, who cast member Shep Rose believed to be his girlfriend, Shep got kicked out of the hotel casino due to his excessive drinking and slept on the beach.—
Dana Rose Falcone,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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At least the Badgers have a relatively easy bracket, and should cruise past Montana in their opener in Denver.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Suns pushed the lead to 22 in the fourth quarter and cruised to their 31st victory of the season.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
3 Feb. 2022
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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
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“Coast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coast. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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