shoreline
noun
shore·line
ˈshȯr-ˌlīn 
1
: the line where a body of water and the shore meet
2
: the strip of land along the shoreline
Examples of shoreline in a Sentence
The road runs along the shoreline.
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Only after the worst mass extinction of all time, as Earth’s ecosystems struggled to recover from intense global warming spurred by volcanoes, did reptiles began to live by the shoreline and become ever more at home in the water.
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
However, rising water levels are expected to carry debris that was once on the shoreline out into open waters.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Naperville Riverwalk shoreline stabilization project resumes Naperville Park District’s efforts to stablize the eroding Riverwalk shoreline along the area between Jefferson Avenue and the Jaycees playground have resumed.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
It’s located in the Kempinski, a luxury development on an untouched stretch of Grace Bay’s eastern shoreline.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
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Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
However, rising water levels are expected to carry debris that was once on the shoreline out into open waters.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Naperville Riverwalk shoreline stabilization project resumes Naperville Park District’s efforts to stablize the eroding Riverwalk shoreline along the area between Jefferson Avenue and the Jaycees playground have resumed.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
It’s located in the Kempinski, a luxury development on an untouched stretch of Grace Bay’s eastern shoreline.
—Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoreline
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“Shoreline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoreline. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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shoreline
noun
shore·line
-ˌlīn
: the line where a body of water touches the shore
Geographical Definition
Shoreline
geographical name
Shore·line
ˈshȯr-ˌlīn
city in west central Washington on Puget Sound north of Seattle population 53,007
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