as in to adjoin
to be adjacent to
our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife
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Recent Examples of abut
In Mountain View’s North Bayshore neighborhood, where land abutting Google’s headquarters comes at a premium and the average home is priced close to $2 million, a 100-unit affordable housing development opened its doors this spring.
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Grace Hase, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
In addition to at-risk workers, neighborhoods abut these industrial zones.
—Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
In our experience, the issue is worse on the southern stretch of the drive, perhaps because it is more lightly traveled than North DuSable Lake Shore Drive, which abuts more densely populated neighborhoods.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Grace Hase, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
In addition to at-risk workers, neighborhoods abut these industrial zones.
—Ruby Grisin, The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2025
In our experience, the issue is worse on the southern stretch of the drive, perhaps because it is more lightly traveled than North DuSable Lake Shore Drive, which abuts more densely populated neighborhoods.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abut
Verb
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Ritrovata, the laboratory that adjoins the Cineteca.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Guests perused the library and adjoining galleries while enjoying cocktails and a fun card game of chance.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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States Say Huge Cuts Arbitrary In the new case, the suing states—led by Illinois and joined by California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and others—say DHS responded to Smith’s ruling by abruptly reallocating hundreds of millions of dollars away from them.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Those cuts have left some families who had been hoping to join trials of new treatments scrambling to find other options.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Yet if Love’s last pass had stayed in the air a tick longer, the owner’s feet, at least in a metaphorical sense, may not have touched the ground for a long, long time.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The eye mask is offered in seven colors, feels cool to touch, and is machine washable for easy care.—
L. Daniela Alvarez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 2025
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In a speech on the subject on the Senate floor in August, the senator was flanked by a placard with images of hemp products in packages mimicking snacks such as Doritos and Oreos.—
Lucas Aulbach,
Louisville Courier Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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On the other juries, director Kibwe Tavares, whose The Kitchen closed the festival in 2023, will preside over the First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award), flanked by Zurich Film Festival head programmer Anja Fröhner and director Nadia Latif (The Man in my Basement).—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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Another snap shows them fast asleep in bed, and the final image captures a young boy lying in front of the altar, surrounded by floral arrangements.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
28 Sep. 2025
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After discussing the circumstances surrounding the making of this particular season finale on a previous episode, Charmed stars Brian Krause and Drew Fuller recapped the episode on their podcast The House of Halliwell.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Authorities identified the shooter as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of the neighboring small town of Burton.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers tracked one of the suspects to a house backyard neighboring the Shiner's home and found Jillian armed with a handgun before an officer shot her.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Abut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abut. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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