adjacent
adjective
ad·ja·cent
ə-ˈjā-sᵊnt 
1
2
of two angles
: having the vertex and one side in common
adjacently
adverb
Examples of adjacent in a Sentence
The Harrimans owned two large adjacent houses on N Street, one for themselves and one for Averell Harriman's pictures.
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Larry McMurtry, New York Times Review of Books, 23 Oct. 2003
Hearing unexpected chords was linked to magnetic activity in a left-brain region known as Broca's area and in adjacent right-brain tissue.
—Bruce Bower, Science News, 5 May 2001
The hallways, especially those adjacent to the satellite phone, were crowded with journalists, avid to cover the Taliban takeover …
—Michael Ignatieff, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 1997
Digging further in that spot and five adjacent areas, they retrieved 19 skulls, five eggs, over 150 jaws and hundreds of teeth, limbs and bone bits.
—Natalie Angier, Time, 8 Oct. 1984
their house is adjacent to a wooded park
Larry McMurtry, New York Times Review of Books, 23 Oct. 2003
Hearing unexpected chords was linked to magnetic activity in a left-brain region known as Broca's area and in adjacent right-brain tissue.
—Bruce Bower, Science News, 5 May 2001
The hallways, especially those adjacent to the satellite phone, were crowded with journalists, avid to cover the Taliban takeover …
—Michael Ignatieff, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 1997
Digging further in that spot and five adjacent areas, they retrieved 19 skulls, five eggs, over 150 jaws and hundreds of teeth, limbs and bone bits.
—Natalie Angier, Time, 8 Oct. 1984
their house is adjacent to a wooded park
Recent Examples on the Web
In the courtroom gallery, scores of law enforcement officers — many of them other parole agents and colleagues from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation — looked on, in a crowd that spilled out into the adjacent hallway.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
Sometimes, though, children take it too far and their behavior can become adjacent to bullying.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 July 2025
The latest issue concerns lack of natural gas service to some adjacent townhouse units as well as air conditioning still being out at one of the four high-rise apartment buildings, Mayor Joseph Woods said Monday.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
In March 2020, the then-officer fired 10 rounds into Taylor's apartment, three of which traveled into an adjacent unit.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 July 2025
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
Sometimes, though, children take it too far and their behavior can become adjacent to bullying.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 July 2025
The latest issue concerns lack of natural gas service to some adjacent townhouse units as well as air conditioning still being out at one of the four high-rise apartment buildings, Mayor Joseph Woods said Monday.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
In March 2020, the then-officer fired 10 rounds into Taylor's apartment, three of which traveled into an adjacent unit.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 July 2025
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“Adjacent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjacent. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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adjacent
adjective
ad·ja·cent
ə-ˈjās-ᵊnt
1
: lying next or near : having a border or point in common
a field adjacent to the road
2
: having a vertex or a vertex and side in common
adjacent angles
adjacent sides of a rectangle
adjacently
adverb
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