adjacent to
Example Sentences
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Developers may build housing up to nine stories tall for buildings adjacent to certain transit stops, seven stories for buildings within a quarter-mile and six stories for buildings within a half-mile.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The shop, a small outbuilding adjacent to a used car lot, now sat empty; its fading sign still stood roadside.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
The local government has proposed an old tactic to keep high-paying guests at the luxury resort from becoming chum: Putting a shark net adjacent to the beach.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Whether the target would be Carroll, Hoffman, or anyone else adjacent to this case who lightened Trump’s wallet, it wouldn’t be good!
From Slate • May 30, 2026
It was adjacent to the central bus station, where I had started working every weekend carrying luggage for tips in order to make pocket money to keep up my correspondence with Caitlin.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
