Other Word Forms
- nonadjacency noun
Etymology
Origin of adjacency
From the Late Latin word adjacentia, dating back to 1640–50. See adjacent, -ency
Example Sentences
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“In fact, we believe hyperscalers are more likely to attempt head-on competition, going after GPU cloud business as the natural adjacency to traditional cloud,” which could cannibalize CoreWeave’s business.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026
The adjacency arises from the Virginian’s embrace of those parts of the president’s agenda that cohere with an older American conservatism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
But with a few smaller parts and a lifetime of Hollywood adjacency under her belt, Johnson herself was experienced enough to pull off Anastasia’s dolting ignorance.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2025
A middlebrow elite earning dominion over an appendage of government for no reason other than their familiarity and adjacency to someone more powerful than them?
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025
The expanding horizon of life required means to assimilate adjacency in the experience of continuous human self-constitution.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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