apposition

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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

When a wall, for instance, is straight, a wheel, or circular object is generally placed against it, to reverse the lines by apposition.'

From The Use of a Box of Colours In a Practical Demonstration on Composition, Light and Shade, and Colour. by Willson, Harry