as in shore
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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
coasting along easily in the light traffic
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Recent Examples of coast
Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Food 11 coffee shops along the Santa Barbara coast for your next weekend road trip
May 14, 2025
Building community
Skolnick believes Gen Z is invested in brand ownership.
—Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
As for the other British imports: Sunset is coasting along just fine in those musical revival categories.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 May 2025
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Noun
Gusts from 30 to 50 mph are possible along the New England coast on Thursday and temperatures should be 10 to 20 degrees below normal for this time of year as travelers plan for potential delays due to the inclement weather.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 22 May 2025
Food 11 coffee shops along the Santa Barbara coast for your next weekend road trip
May 14, 2025
Building community
Skolnick believes Gen Z is invested in brand ownership.
—Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Verb
With less than two weeks to go before the Monaco Grand Prix, yachts will soon be coasting up the French Riviera.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
As for the other British imports: Sunset is coasting along just fine in those musical revival categories.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coast
Verb
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The iconic teen drama kept emotions flowing from 1998 to 2003.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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The bigger the bottleneck, the more freely the contents of the bottle flow through it.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 May 2025
Noun
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From wild coastlines to rainforest revival, Chelsea’s gardens reflect a world in flux.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Blue Stone counters and Thermador appliances trail the space with Sailor Blue cabinetry, too, ahead of an area that seats four by coastline views.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
18 May 2025
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But then Betts misfired on a flip to second base, sailing the ball over teammate Tommy Edman’s head to put runners on the corners.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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Guests will sail aboard the luxurious and modern Amadeus Star, enjoying hotel-style comforts, gourmet cuisine, and private small-group excursions led by an experienced resident tour director.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
26 May 2025
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No buildings will be constructed within 100 meters of the shoreline, which hosts nesting turtles.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Effort is aimed at saving ‘iconic building’ New CT luxury hotel preps for season in shoreline town.—
RoselynMartin Somtochukwu Ilo,
Hartford Courant,
11 May 2025
Verb
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The student wasn’t hurt, but the boat started drifting.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2025
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The film, so enjoyably wacky at first, deflates and drifts to a stop like one of its showboat cars running on empty.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Upscale California hotel faces daily $11k fine for privatizing beach Disneyland's 70th anniversary: A look at the new entertainment, celebration outfits Who was killed by a train in Ohio?—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Or swap the Amalfi Coast for the coast of Maine, which offers rocky beaches, charming inns, and enough lobster rolls to keep everyone happy, without peak European airfare.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Verb
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How to get there: Around a four-hour drive from Las Vegas or Salt Lake City, and six hours from Reno. Guadalupe Mountains (Texas) Many people cruise U.S. Highway 180 along the edge on their way between El Paso and Carlsbad Caverns.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The Knicks went from cruising to a Game 1 victory to trying to hold on for dear life.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
22 May 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 2 Jun. 2025.
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