adj.
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adjacent.
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adjective.
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adjoining.
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adjourned.
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adjudged.
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adjunct.
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Banking. adjustment.
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adjutant.
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adjective
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Also: adjt. adjutant
Example Sentences
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TD Cowen’s Tim James says there “appears to be upside to 2026 adj. Ebitda outlook/guide based on results, current trends and M&A commentary.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Alden O'Brien, Washington, DC, US Gobsmacked, adj. flabbergasted: struck dumb with awe or amazement.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2012
Destruct: v.t., barbarism of destroy; also adj., as used in "destruct button."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Udal, ū′dal, adj. applied to land held solely by uninterrupted succession, under no feudal superior.—n. a freehold estate.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Un-American, un-a-mer′i-kan, adj. not in accordance with American ideas or feeling,—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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