across the street

phrase

: on or to the other side of the street directly across from something
They live across the street (from us).

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Pfizer moved its offices to the building in 1961, relocating from another building across the street. Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Other neighborhood shops destroyed in the fire that are reopening at the mall include K Bakery and Loomey’s Toys, which caters to children up to age 12 and used to be across the street from Palisades Elementary Charter School. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 The two bombs went off across the street from the Four Seasons hotel, where Macron spent the night and had met civil society groups on Tuesday morning, according to Reuters. Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 July 2026 Buchanan, was responding to a burglary report at a Verizon store across the street and noticed a broken window stained with blood, per the footage. Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for across the street

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“Across the street.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20street. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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