as in dock
a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengers
didn't see any passengers waiting for the ferry, so the captain sailed past the jetty
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Recent Examples of jetty
Natural solutions, like offshore reefs, or jetties that stop sand from drifting down the coast, or sand replenishment, can help save beaches, but the sand often washes away in big storms.
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Sandwiched between Daytona Beach and Cocoa Beach (childhood home of pro surfer Kelly Slater), New Smyrna Beach is blessed with long beach breaks and a river inlet with stone jetties that create what may be the most bankable surf in all of Florida.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
The nonprofit, known for feeding the hungry in distressed areas, also built a makeshift jetty on the Gaza coast to help bring humanitarian shipments into land.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Something small, but with just enough space for exploration and to build a jetty.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2023
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Sandwiched between Daytona Beach and Cocoa Beach (childhood home of pro surfer Kelly Slater), New Smyrna Beach is blessed with long beach breaks and a river inlet with stone jetties that create what may be the most bankable surf in all of Florida.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
The nonprofit, known for feeding the hungry in distressed areas, also built a makeshift jetty on the Gaza coast to help bring humanitarian shipments into land.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
Something small, but with just enough space for exploration and to build a jetty.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jetty
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Dockworkers and freight companies feud over automation A strike in October at docks across the East and Gulf coasts threatened to upend the economy and drive up prices, but workers and management ended the stoppage with a tentative agreement after three days.Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Sheer curtains cover the windows, which look out on the building next door rather than the wharf itself, and the theme is much more timeless elegance than nautical transportation.Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The three-story red-brick box with a little blue door was built in the 1860s as workforce housing by the Atlantic Dock Company, which once ran the wharf nearby.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2024
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Its pointed arches, flying buttresses and piers sprouting ribs that branched like spider webs helped usher in the Gothic age.Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Biden administration granted us a $160 million investment that will enable us to transform the 122-acre Brooklyn Marine Terminal into a modern port and mixed-use community hub, upgrading three piers to move freight on the waterways and reduce our city’s reliance on trucks.John Surico, Curbed, 26 Nov. 2024
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But security and logistical concerns — and an outcry from booksellers along the city’s picturesque quays — have led the government to progressively scale back its ambitions.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
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The welcome also included a cannon salute and music by Sweden’s Royal Guards, lined up on the quay at the foot of the Swedish royal palace.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
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“Jetty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jetty. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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