across from
idiom
: on the opposite side from (someone or something)
She sat (directly) across from me at the table.
The restaurant is (just) across from the high school.
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The rugged land is sited along the Colorado River across from the Colorado Bend State Park, around 10 miles upstream from Lake Buchanan.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Poitier’s former pre-war co-op is positioned right across from Central Park and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
The man sat down across from his mother and started to eat.
—Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Seventeen acres known as Park Site 1, directly across from the Frontwave Arena entrance, will be the first of nine community park sites within the El Corazon specific plan.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Poitier’s former pre-war co-op is positioned right across from Central Park and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2025
The man sat down across from his mother and started to eat.
—Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
Seventeen acres known as Park Site 1, directly across from the Frontwave Arena entrance, will be the first of nine community park sites within the El Corazon specific plan.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Across from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20from. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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