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abut

[uh-buht] / əˈbʌt /
VERB
touch or be next to something
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They start at abut $58,000 and $54,000, respectively.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

TotalEnergies will likely remain cautious abut its balance sheet and announce a $750 million share buyback, they write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

San José was the first city in California to change laws allowing accessory dwelling units to be sold separately from the houses they abut.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025

The principal residences, standing in their own gardens surrounded by foliage and flowers, are scattered over the town, as are also the slums, almost the worst of which abut on the best residential quarters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various




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