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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The Thunder had clinched the NBA title just minutes earlier at the Paycom Center, which sits diagonally across from the northeast corner of the park.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
Centerton Mayor Bill Edwards took to Facebook early Wednesday morning to share photos of damage in Highfill, saying the images were taken just across from the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter and asking people to stay out of the area as responders worked to clear the roadway.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2025
There was a choir that came out and sang this amazing song and Rihanna and ASAP Rocky were sitting across from me.
—Alia Yee Noll, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The La Jolla Newcomers Club’s Saturday Morning Walkers program presents a walk starting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at the corner of Nautilus Street and Fay Avenue across from La Jolla High School and following the La Jolla Bike Path and back.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
Centerton Mayor Bill Edwards took to Facebook early Wednesday morning to share photos of damage in Highfill, saying the images were taken just across from the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter and asking people to stay out of the area as responders worked to clear the roadway.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2025
There was a choir that came out and sang this amazing song and Rihanna and ASAP Rocky were sitting across from me.
—Alia Yee Noll, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
The La Jolla Newcomers Club’s Saturday Morning Walkers program presents a walk starting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at the corner of Nautilus Street and Fay Avenue across from La Jolla High School and following the La Jolla Bike Path and back.
—La Jolla Light, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
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“Across from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20from. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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