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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

Our offices adjoin and she is continually coming in, making herself at home, and peppering me with questions.

From Washington Post Jul. 7, 2022

Sturdy red bricks adjoin pale stone accented by ornamental flourishes.

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

Lane added that the development would not affect Burlish Top Nature Reserve, which adjoins the Meadows.

From BBC Jul. 7, 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

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

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

Led by a single instructor who moves back and forth between two adjoined studio spaces, about a dozen students warm up with an intricate series of moves that combine carefully choreographed footwork with upper-body strikes.

From Seattle Times Jan. 4, 2023

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

On the cover of The Sun, a photo of Taylor Swift adjoined the headline “Migrant’s 3,500-ft Plunge: Falling Jet Stowaway Lands 3ft From Sunbather.”

From New York Times Oct. 24, 2019

Since this part of our property adjoined the palacio of the dictator's daughter and son-in-law, my grandfather had been reluctant to erect a high wall lest it be considered a snub.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

On the adjoining estate, more than a dozen homes have boarded-up windows.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The adjoining barn on the property was transformed into a guesthouse, and Seyfried has focused on passing on her love for animals to her two children: Nina, 8, and Thomas, 5.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

In the adjoining Avila region, another inferno raging since last week has become the biggest since Spain's records began in 1961, burning 50,000 hectares.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

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

And he and Harry let themselves into adjoining cubicles.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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