adjoining
Americanadjective
adjective
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Adjoining, adjacent, bordering all mean near or close to something. Adjoining implies touching, having a common point or line: an adjoining yard. Adjacent implies being nearby or next to something else: all the adjacent houses; adjacent angles. Bordering means having a common boundary with something: the farm bordering on the river.
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She then moved to the adjoining well-being garden where patients and staff can take a moment to pause and reflect and spoke to patients undergoing treatment.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Aaron Anderson, a father-of-three living in an adjoining currently-unaffected street, said his "anxiety was through the roof" waiting for "the chap on the door".
From BBC • May 29, 2026
The players will have to dress at home for practice, which will be held in the adjoining park.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
To get to the trapped man, firefighters cut open another section of an adjoining wall along Main Street and rescued Isaac Valencia, who had been trapped there for 10 hours, according to officials.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
It would be another harvest before he could buy that land now, a piece adjoining the one he had, and there was this new mouth in the house.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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