coast-to-coast

adjective

ˈkōs-tə-ˈkōst 

1

: extending or airing across an entire nation or continent

a coast-to-coast flight

a coast-to-coast broadcast

2

: extending from one end of a playing surface (such as a basketball court) to the other

a coast-to-coast rush

also : relating to or resulting from a coast-to-coast play

a coast-to-coast layup

coast-to-coast adverb

Examples of coast-to-coast in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s a bonus for a major broadcaster with a mandate to offer local news, current affairs programming and homegrown TV series coast-to-coast. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Set to make six coast-to-coast broadcast appearances over the first seven weeks of the 2026-27 campaign, Dallas is already rewarding the league and its media partners for their indulgences. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Oct. 2026

This was almost a coast-to-coast win of the division for the season, with the Braves leading for the majority of the year. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

On New Year’s Day 1927, NBC carried the first coast-to-coast live broadcast of a sporting event, the Rose Bowl football game between Stanford and Alabama (which ended in a tie). — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for coast-to-coast

• diagnosed
• easternmost
• innermost
• lowermost
• milepost
• northernmost
• outermost
• rearmost
• southernmost
• uppermost
• uttermost
• westernmost