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  • present participle of abut.

abutting







ADJECTIVE
neighboring
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Abutting a closed SunTrust bank branch, the plaza was home to homeless people for years as courts considered whether it is public.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

Abutting the rear of the monument is a Budweiser concession stand with a sign proclaiming: “Drink smart today — celebrate tomorrow.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2018

Abutting the wall was a jumble of stones—the remains of the world’s first power mill with an inanimate energy source, and thus, arguably, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 8, 2016

Abutting Likas Bay, beyond which is the South China Sea, the boardwalk was thick with tourists and ragamuffin children on the August day I strolled along it.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2015

Abutting on the wall were several roofless sheds.

From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)




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