adjacent

Example Sentences

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But metals businesses like it, along with fertilizer and chemical enterprises, are now competitive global players because Gulf governments invested in hard and soft infrastructure adjacent to the oil business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Just adjacent to the facility, still in operation today, is a haunting reminder of the past: the graves of more than 200 children who died in state custody.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The statement said the county has “implemented changes to our alert and warning practices, including issuing evacuation warnings to all directly adjacent zones when an evacuation order is issued.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Currently, developers can only increase production in areas that are already part of an existing licensed field, or adjacent to them, to ensure they remain viable.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Dismantled long ago, the President’s House is marked today by an exhibit that shows the foundation of the building and is adjacent to the museum housing Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis