across from

phrase

: 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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This new 7,000-square-foot Stone Cloud build sits across from Washington Park. — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026 Billboard across from Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick, Massachusetts, offering a reward for a missing family heirloom ring. — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026 Muted reactions to mural at nearby businesses Directly across from Vic’s and Brew Bird is a small shopping center that dates to 1947, the same year that Rutledge’s father Ash Rutledge helped open Vic’s. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026 Davis Development built the Parian Mooresville luxury apartments across from the planned development. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 3 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for across from

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“Across from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20from. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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