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]
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CoreWeave may be swimming next to the shore, for all we know.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
“You could have a reactor located next to a river, but that river is running dry,” says Bøe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
A photo of him with Travis Barker hangs next to a framed Billboard plaque on a nightstand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
When the concert was over, the girls sitting next to me gave me their phone numbers and told me to call if I was ever going to a show in Hartford.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
“That Belgian boy and girl at the bench next to mine? This noon they became engaged!”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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