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adjoin

[uh-join] / əˈdʒɔɪn /




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The witness was also asked by the lawyer about safety issues that could have arisen for local families whose back gardens adjoin the waste ground where the culvert is located.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Both major projects will adjoin the new transport infrastructure.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023

Some of our homes adjoin this open space.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2017

Their priority continues to be preventing the fire from leaping out of the park’s boundaries and into the small communities that adjoin its western edge.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2016

Sturdy red bricks adjoin pale stone accented by ornamental flourishes.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

At the Old Dutch Church Burying Ground, which adjoins the larger Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Mr. Ocker examines gravestones that may have inspired Irving’s character names—Katrina Van Tassel is one of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

One woman suffered injuries in the Gorkha district, which adjoins Dhading, when she jumped from a two-story building, Parajuli said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2023

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

One rumor originating in Hartman’s Cafe involved Taylor Jones, a rancher whose property adjoins River Valley Farm.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

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

A few years later, Pfeiffer designed an adjacent student housing tower and adjoined the two facilities with a courtyard and dining commons envisioned as an open-air campus amid skyscrapers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

Staff members earlier took her belongings from her previous desk, which had adjoined those of other veteran House Democratics.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

The Penn Museum was built on property that once adjoined the Blockley Almshouse, right between a potter’s field and Penn Medical School.

From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022

We pass by rows of adjoined clapboard houses.

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

Police cordoned off parts of Park Road and the adjoining Valley Road.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The Los Angeles County Fire Department told The Times the fire broke out inside an auto-body shop and spread to an adjoining building that contained several businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

For buyers who enjoy hosting, that arrangement allows conversation to continue between the kitchen and the adjoining living and dining areas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

In an adjoining room, Mr. Blair was honing his scheduled remarks when he heard of the second crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

I daresay it is only a rat scrambling along the rafters of the adjoining schoolroom: it was a barn before I had it repaired and altered, and barns are generally haunted by rats.—To proceed.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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