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neighboring

[ ney-ber-ing ]

adjective

  1. situated or living near; adjacent:

    to visit the neighboring towns.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of neighboring1

First recorded in 1595–1605; neighbor + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

Like its neighboring systems, Fairfax has repeatedly delayed the return to school.

My companions’ eyes widen at the sight of plates of fries and bread going to neighboring tables.

For counties with too few daily respondents—less than 100—the Delphi researchers grouped the data from neighboring counties.

That vibration heats neighboring molecules, resulting in speedy cooking … sort of.

Arrest and offense rates were also consistent with trends in two neighboring states, Colorado and Texas.

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.

Neighboring Guinea and Liberia, said WHO, were presenting evidence of a decrease in cases.

A plastic factory, a hardware supplier, and shipping–and-receiving giants like Fed-Ex and DHL are neighboring businesses.

According to local lore a neighboring village called Pajaro Negro—Black Bird—supposedly was named after the planes.

Her body, riddled with bullets, was found on the side of the road in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia.

The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.

He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.

At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

The shot had roused neighboring flocks; several dark clouds had risen simultaneously, but in a few moments they settled again.

This well-known West India variety is inferior to most kinds grown on the neighboring islands.

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