Example Sentences

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The seven-story addition directly abuts the original building without seeming to touch it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Her family's home is part of a suburban development that abuts a massive construction site.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

Air samples in 2023 detected benzene concentrations more than eight times higher than the state’s short-term health limit at Hasley Canyon Park, which abuts Live Oak Elementary School, alarming local parents.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

The announcement from Holcomb’s office and AWS did not include a timeline for the data center campus in northern Indiana’s St. Joseph County, which abuts the Michigan state line.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

The small table abuts the wall of the trailer and sits beneath a window.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed