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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

Both major projects will adjoin the new transport infrastructure.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 2023

A large dressing room with built-in shelving and a bathroom with dual vanities, a frameless glass shower and a separate soaking tub adjoin the bedroom.

From Washington Post Feb. 25, 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

Sturdy red bricks adjoin pale stone accented by ornamental flourishes.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Lane added that the development would not affect Burlish Top Nature Reserve, which adjoins the Meadows.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

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

Trains will make eight stops between Redmond Technology Station, which adjoins the Microsoft campus, and South Bellevue Station, which is equipped with a new 1,500-stall park-and-ride garage.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 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

On the cover of The Sun, a photo of Taylor Swift adjoined the headline “Migrant’s 3,500-ft Plunge: Falling Jet Stowaway Lands 3ft From Sunbather.”

From New York Times Oct. 24, 2019

Inside the second room a table had been brought up close to the wall which adjoined the drawing room.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

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

Firefighters have also sought to contain a major fire in the adjoining Landes region, where 3,600 hectares have burned, Nunez said.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

Three indoor privies were lighted by skylights and ingeniously ventilated by a 150-foot-long lateral tunnel that drew in air and discharged it through adjoining chimneys, providing a continuous draft.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

For 15 years, the family ran a tiffin service for doctors at the adjoining hospitals, cooking and delivering meals across the medical campus.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

It would be another harvest before he could buy that land now, a piece adjoining the one he had, and there was this new mouth in the house.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck




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