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• s  nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
  had adjacent rooms
• s  having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"
• s  near or close to but not necessarily touching
  lands adjacent to the mountains
  New York and adjacent cities

• Said a resident of adjacent Pine Street: "The blast didn't just shake the windows, it shook our entire house.
• The school, which uses music, theater and other non-traditional learning tools to keep students engaged, will soon be joined by an adjacent high school.
• Will Khomeini invade Iraq in order to topple Saddam Hussein ?A mood of jubilation prevailed in the Hosseynieh mosque, adjacent to Ayatullah Ruhollah.

• next
• side by side
• conterminous
• contiguous
• neighboring

News & Articles

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• WYANDOTTE: Sale of adjacent lot to homeowners spurs controversy
  WYANDOTTE — The sale of a 50-foot parcel of land to an adjacent property owner has brought to the surface deep disagreement among city officials over the sale of vacant lots.
  June 22, 2013 - The News-Herald
• Adams County farmland could be retained with easement rights
  A 470-acre farm adjacent to historic Conewago Chapel near McSherrystown could be retained as farmland forever if Adams County gets some financial help from Conewago Township.
  June 22, 2013 - The Evening Sun
• Israeli killed by guard at Jewish holy site in Jerusalem
  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A security guard shot and killed a Jewish Israeli man on Friday at one of Judaism's holiest sites in Jerusalem, the Western Wall, which was immediately shut to visitors, police said. The guard opened fire after the man, in an adjacent restroom, was heard shouting "Allahu Akbar," Arabic for "God is greatest", police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Rosenfeld said the guard ...
  June 21, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem Post
  This meeting has ended without agreements on issues that I see as essential,Livni said. "There could be a government that advances these issues. At the moment, based on the discussions I held in the adjacent room, that government won't be...
• Anatoly Serdyukov in Reuters AlertNet
  Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said "the US leadership desires to attain global leadership and expand the US and their allies' military presence in regions adjacent to Russia."
• Samuel Alito in San Diego Union Tribune
  The school board refused a request from the parents to move their child to a different school, but Alito said, "I wrote an opinion upholding their right to have him placed in a safe school in an adjacent municipality."