next to
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Adjacent to, as in The car next to mine has a flat tire , [Late 1300s]
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Following in order or degree, as in Next to skiing, she likes hiking . [Early 1500s]
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Almost, practically, as in It's next to impossible to predict the outcome , or I earned next to nothing last year . [Second half of 1600s]
Example Sentences
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Next to it, a plant worker wears a VR headset to record his own endeavours to demonstrate what successful picking and sorting looks like.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Next to the moon landing, that was the most important thing I’ve ever seen on television.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Next to feel the pinch would be the continent of Africa.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
Next to all that, a rocky relationship styled into an on-and-off situationship for a reality TV subplot is the proverbial hill of beans Rick Blaine mentioned in “Casablanca.”
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Next to him, Mal hurriedly wiped her hands in her heavy black fringe and stood as straight as if in the presence of royalty.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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