adjacent

Example Sentences

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But metals businesses like it, along with fertilizer and chemical enterprises, are now competitive global players because Gulf governments invested in hard and soft infrastructure adjacent to the oil business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Just adjacent to the facility, still in operation today, is a haunting reminder of the past: the graves of more than 200 children who died in state custody.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

In recent years, several demonstrations have expanded onto adjacent freeways, grinding traffic to a halt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Currently, developers can only increase production in areas that are already part of an existing licensed field, or adjacent to them, to ensure they remain viable.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

From railings in front of the boxes hung triangles of silk embroidered with gold arabesques, all glowing with the light of adjacent incandescent bulbs.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson