the seaside

noun

chiefly British
: the areas or towns along or near the sea
a trip to the seaside

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Wright, in the group ahead, pulled his approach from a fairway bunker into the seaside vegetation down the left of the 18th, eventually making a double bogey. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 The Burren National Park is just 10 minutes from the farmstay, and the seaside Cliffs of Moher about 30; Corofin’s high street is even closer. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2026 But a couple of decades ago, the buildings in the seaside city, north of Haulover and east of Aventura, were far from fancy. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Patrick and Lindsay Clancy were living in the seaside town of Duxbury, Massachusetts. — Ross Douthat, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the seaside

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