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be adjacent to

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abut
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He took the job in 2011 as head coach of the Reno Bighorns in the NBA’s D-League, hoping it might be enough just to be adjacent to the NBA.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

The proposed wells would be adjacent to a number of unique hot springs that are relied upon by the local community for tourism.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023

But such disclaimers tend to be adjacent to gaslighting or misinformation diatribes.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2022

The triangular deck is a right triangle, with legs of length 9 feet and 11 feet, and the pool will be adjacent to the hypotenuse.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

Also, if another wire be adjacent to the first, an electric current having an opposite direction is induced in it.

From The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena by Dolbear, A. E. (Amos Emerson)




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