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adjoin

[uh-join] / əˈdʒɔɪn /




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Both areas adjoin waste land leading to the entrance to the tunnel system where Noah's body was found.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Both major projects will adjoin the new transport infrastructure.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 2023

Citing previous Court opinions, the plurality stated that an adjacent wetland must abut or adjoin a regulated water.

From Washington Times Jan. 11, 2023

A large dressing room with built-in shelving and a bathroom with dual vanities, a frameless glass shower and a separate soaking tub adjoin the bedroom.

From Washington Post Feb. 25, 2022

This 'dining hall' where I now sit, however, is a modem annexe built to adjoin the main building - a long, flat room characterized by rows of large windows on either side.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Kei Nakai says he’ll miss the most his parents’ home — a skinny, green two-story building that adjoins the nursery on Grevillea Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2025

The Barents Sea, which adjoins the Arctic Ocean, is one of the most productive oceanic areas in the world and home to an enormous diversity of organisms.

From Science Daily Oct. 17, 2023

“We feel that enough’s enough,” said Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, one of the most vulnerable first-term Republicans, who represents a New York district that adjoins Santos’.

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2023

But last summer the house that adjoins their own started receiving a stream of male visitors at all hours of the day.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2023

The jail contains six cells; the sixth, the one reserved for female prisoners, is actually an isolated unit situated inside the Sheriff’s Residence—indeed, it adjoins the Meiers’ kitchen.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

In August, after conducting training camp at Loyola Marymount, the Rams will not return to what essentially has been a trailer park of 75 adjoined and retrofitted modular buildings in Ventura County.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2024

If data centers occupy the caverns, any improper water management or heat discharge could quickly become an immediate risk to adjoined residential neighborhoods.

From Salon Oct. 7, 2023

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat whose district would have adjoined Ryan’s.

From Seattle Times Nov. 11, 2022

So I went to my room, that adjoined Father’s, and wasted time on my phone screen, and thought how I could be doing this at home, and fell asleep.

From Slate Dec. 29, 2020

We pass by rows of adjoined clapboard houses.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Three indoor privies were lighted by skylights and ingeniously ventilated by a 150-foot-long lateral tunnel that drew in air and discharged it through adjoining chimneys, providing a continuous draft.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

She then moved to the adjoining well-being garden where patients and staff can take a moment to pause and reflect and spoke to patients undergoing treatment.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

The players will have to dress at home for practice, which will be held in the adjoining park.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

The calves at the ranch appear to live in adjoining pens outside, under one metal roof.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

In the dorm, Fuchs’s only visitor was the scientist in the adjoining room, Richard Feynman.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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