be adjacent to
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He took the job in 2011 as head coach of the Reno Bighorns in the NBA’s D-League, hoping it might be enough just to be adjacent to the NBA.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025
But such disclaimers tend to be adjacent to gaslighting or misinformation diatribes.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2022
The old Mukilteo dock used to be adjacent to a bustling Ivar’s takeout counter and a brewpub, but the new dock requires a bit of a walk to get to them.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2022
The proposed site, in the oil-rich Permian Basin region of Texas, would be adjacent to an existing Waste Control Specialists facility that stores “low-level” radioactive items such as contaminated gloves, shoes and medical tubes.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2021
Confine′, to border; to be adjacent to: to limit, enclose: to imprison.—adjs.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
