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adjoin

[uh-join] / əˈdʒɔɪn /




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Both areas adjoin waste land leading to the entrance to the tunnel system where Noah's body was found.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Both major projects will adjoin the new transport infrastructure.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 2023

Some of our homes adjoin this open space.

From Washington Times Aug. 2, 2017

Communities that adjoin the park are not endangered, and no evacuations have been ordered.

From Washington Post Apr. 21, 2016

This 'dining hall' where I now sit, however, is a modem annexe built to adjoin the main building - a long, flat room characterized by rows of large windows on either side.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

The gushing water from the river wreaked havoc on the Chungthang village, which adjoins its banks.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2023

One woman suffered injuries in the Gorkha district, which adjoins Dhading, when she jumped from a two-story building, Parajuli said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 22, 2023

The result expands the scope of Americana at a moment when that roots-oriented genre — and the larger country-music realm it adjoins — are facing complicated questions about representation and inclusion.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2023

The Barents Sea, which adjoins the Arctic Ocean, is one of the most productive oceanic areas in the world and home to an enormous diversity of organisms.

From Science Daily Oct. 17, 2023

The jail contains six cells; the sixth, the one reserved for female prisoners, is actually an isolated unit situated inside the Sheriff’s Residence—indeed, it adjoins the Meiers’ kitchen.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

If data centers occupy the caverns, any improper water management or heat discharge could quickly become an immediate risk to adjoined residential neighborhoods.

From Salon Oct. 7, 2023

Staff members earlier took her belongings from her previous desk, which had adjoined those of other veteran House Democratics.

From Seattle Times Apr. 4, 2023

So I went to my room, that adjoined Father’s, and wasted time on my phone screen, and thought how I could be doing this at home, and fell asleep.

From Slate Dec. 29, 2020

It was a 24-hour car service facility and parking structure for the theater and adjoined Pellissier Building office tower and shops.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2020

A breakfast-room adjoined the drawing-room, I slipped in there.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

In an adjoining room, Mr. Blair was honing his scheduled remarks when he heard of the second crash.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

The adjoining barn on the property was transformed into a guesthouse, and Seyfried has focused on passing on her love for animals to her two children: Nina, 8, and Thomas, 5.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Police searching the neighbouring massage parlour found a hole being dug through an adjoining wall into the jewellery store, along with bags of tools.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Environmentalists also say river bank fortifications destroy shallow-water zones where aquatic life and insects breed -- and the adjoining natural floodplains that act like sponges at times of excess water.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

So the cops come to our house and search the adjoining office and warehouse.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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