as in adjacent
having a border in common
Connecticut and Massachusetts are contiguous states
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Recent Examples of contiguous
Because of their rotating recording surfaces, hard drives work best with larger files laid down in contiguous blocks.
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PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
The next total solar eclipse in the contiguous U.S. will occur on Aug. 22, 2044.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Those nodules are scattered by the trillion across the sandy seabed of the Clarion Clipperton Zone, an area about half the size of the contiguous U.S. that sits between Hawaii and Mexico.
—Daniel Ackerman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
For a single person in the contiguous U.S., that’s $35,213 in 2025.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
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PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
The next total solar eclipse in the contiguous U.S. will occur on Aug. 22, 2044.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Those nodules are scattered by the trillion across the sandy seabed of the Clarion Clipperton Zone, an area about half the size of the contiguous U.S. that sits between Hawaii and Mexico.
—Daniel Ackerman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2025
For a single person in the contiguous U.S., that’s $35,213 in 2025.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Contiguous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contiguous. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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