apposition
Example Sentences
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But other elements were recognizable, like the flat vowels and the plaid shirts and the helpful practicality, like the lonesomeness of the undifferentiated plains, like the apposition of wilderness and chain stores.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2019
The united probe glows wherever two organelles come into close apposition.
From Nature • Mar. 10, 2019
In the most beautiful apposition of two of the simplest words in our language: the freedom of speech.”
From BusinessWeek • Dec. 16, 2011
The phrase "able Christus" was used in apposition to Anton Lang, the Oberammergau actor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Placing the two nouns in apposition is much the same as using the first as an adjective.
From Compound Words Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #36 by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
