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adjoin

[uh-join] / əˈdʒɔɪn /




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Both areas adjoin waste land leading to the entrance to the tunnel system where Noah's body was found.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

About 20% are protected nature areas, like the mountains covered with pine and fir forests that adjoin the neighboring state of Morelos.

From Seattle Times Aug. 27, 2023

Our offices adjoin and she is continually coming in, making herself at home, and peppering me with questions.

From Washington Post Jul. 7, 2022

Land buyers will pay premium prices, depending upon a variety of circumstances, such as special financing, tax advantages, or a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to purchase parcels that adjoin their farms or ranches.

From Washington Times Dec. 12, 2016

This 'dining hall' where I now sit, however, is a modem annexe built to adjoin the main building - a long, flat room characterized by rows of large windows on either side.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Kei Nakai says he’ll miss the most his parents’ home — a skinny, green two-story building that adjoins the nursery on Grevillea Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2025

The Barents Sea, which adjoins the Arctic Ocean, is one of the most productive oceanic areas in the world and home to an enormous diversity of organisms.

From Science Daily Oct. 17, 2023

“We feel that enough’s enough,” said Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, one of the most vulnerable first-term Republicans, who represents a New York district that adjoins Santos’.

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2023

Subject to a ruling to the contrary from next month's tribunal panel, Reuben will attend a mainstream primary that adjoins the special school.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2023

The jail contains six cells; the sixth, the one reserved for female prisoners, is actually an isolated unit situated inside the Sheriff’s Residence—indeed, it adjoins the Meiers’ kitchen.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

If data centers occupy the caverns, any improper water management or heat discharge could quickly become an immediate risk to adjoined residential neighborhoods.

From Salon Oct. 7, 2023

So I went to my room, that adjoined Father’s, and wasted time on my phone screen, and thought how I could be doing this at home, and fell asleep.

From Slate Dec. 29, 2020

They’d been adjoined ever since Francis snapped up DeBoer nearly a year ahead of schedule the summer of 2020.

From Seattle Times Dec. 31, 2019

Cooper was assigned to a two-man cell with Skalnik; Gardner was later assigned to a cell that adjoined Skalnik’s.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2019

The armory adjoined the castle smithy, a long high-roofed tunnel of a building with twenty forges built into its walls and long stone water troughs for tempering the steel.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

The change in elevation from the waterfront at sea level to Genoa’s mountainous hinterland approaches 6,000 feet, and variations between adjoining neighborhoods can be as much as several hundred feet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

"The troops engaged the terrorists with effective fire, forcing them to abandon the victims and flee into adjoining bushes," he said, noting that all the hostages had been recovered without any casualties.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

In the adjoining Avila region, another inferno raging since last week has become the biggest since Spain's records began in 1961, burning 50,000 hectares.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

The organization has partnered with the city on the campus’ redesign since 2012, when planning began to incorporate a vacant lot adjoining the towers into the campus.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

Mother and Grandmother sometimes took me to churches in adjoining towns for the weekday twilight services.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals




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