across from
idiom
: on the opposite side from (someone or something)
She sat (directly) across from me at the table.
The restaurant is (just) across from the high school.
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
First aid is located on the main concourse across from Section 116.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Royer, who has worked for Ford for 15 years, spends part of his day modeling clay sculptures of cars in what's left of Ford's old Product Development Center in Dearborn, Michigan across from The Henry Ford Museum.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Mission Viejo leaders have hit reset on a project intended to revitalize a 1970s-era shopping center across from City Hall and the library and reenergize the city’s core, with officials looking at whether the original plan still makes sense.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
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Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 26 Sep. 2025
First aid is located on the main concourse across from Section 116.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Royer, who has worked for Ford for 15 years, spends part of his day modeling clay sculptures of cars in what's left of Ford's old Product Development Center in Dearborn, Michigan across from The Henry Ford Museum.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Mission Viejo leaders have hit reset on a project intended to revitalize a 1970s-era shopping center across from City Hall and the library and reenergize the city’s core, with officials looking at whether the original plan still makes sense.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Across from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20from. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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