adjacent
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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
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
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
The Stinkpit, a rugged sprawl of collapsing tenement buildings adjacent to the Claw, probably wasn’t any safer.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Vocabulary lists containing adjacent
30 GRE Words Beginning with "A"
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