contiguity

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"They also don't just associate that word with an object based on temporal contiguity without really understanding the meaning of those words, but they activate a memory of an object when they hear its name."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2024

“Since the distance between town and island is slight, we do not think the failure of the legislative plan to achieve literal contiguity a serious demerit,” the judges wrote in 1992.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2023

Then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government said the latter move would help "provide Palestinian territorial contiguity" in the West Bank and make it easier for Palestinians to live a normal life.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023

For his part, Mr. Grofman says that he feels the critiques of Mr. Cervas have missed how difficult it can be sometimes to account for various criteria like equal population and representation, contiguity and compactness.

From New York Times • May 28, 2022

The claim, indeed, which Mr. Gallatin attempts to set up, is to an exclusive title by contiguity.

From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers