as in beach
the land or the part of a town next to the water of an ocean, lake, etc.
They have evening concerts on the waterfront.
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New Yorkers will tell you to head to the waterfront in Brooklyn or Queens to see the city’s architectural greats in one fell camera shot.
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Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
Sitting on the waterfront in the city of Çanakkale, the actual wooden horse from the 2004 Brad Pitt Troy movie is a huge hit.
—John Oseid, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Over seafood in San Francisco on the waterfront, one attorney sketched out for Adkisson revisions to Daniel’s Law that could make Atlas’ job easier.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
For one dollar, a development group with a brownfields specialty has purchased the ultimate fixer-upper — a 33-acre parcel on the Bridgeport waterfront that comes with responsibility to demolish a power plant and its iconic red-and-white smoke stack, remediate the site and redevelop it.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
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Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
Sitting on the waterfront in the city of Çanakkale, the actual wooden horse from the 2004 Brad Pitt Troy movie is a huge hit.
—John Oseid, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Over seafood in San Francisco on the waterfront, one attorney sketched out for Adkisson revisions to Daniel’s Law that could make Atlas’ job easier.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
For one dollar, a development group with a brownfields specialty has purchased the ultimate fixer-upper — a 33-acre parcel on the Bridgeport waterfront that comes with responsibility to demolish a power plant and its iconic red-and-white smoke stack, remediate the site and redevelop it.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Waterfront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterfront. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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