adjacent
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“I’m not satisfied, I feel like I could’ve played a lot better,” he said of Wilson, which at 7,002 yards is nearly 300 longer than the adjacent Harding.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
LOS ANGELES—Jason Grant thought he had found a gem: two adjacent parcels zoned for high-density housing in an amenity-rich neighborhood 3 miles from Venice Beach.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
She has a large garden adjacent to the stream where she grows a variety of fruit and vegetables that she also gives to friends and family.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Eduardo Rodrigues Cavalcante, a receptionist at a hotel adjacent to the school, described scenes of terror, as some students tried to jump over a wall separating the school from the hotel.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
As any engineer knew, soil under pressure tended to shift to fill adjacent excavations.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing adjacent
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