across the way

phrase

: across from someone on the other side of the street
They live across the way (from us).

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Émile’s leatherworkers often married Jeanne Lanvin’s seamstresses, who were confecting gowns for society women just across the way. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 Waiting for them across the way were dozens of Ford pickup trucks lined up in columns to take them into town. — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026 People pass through exercising, out for a run after work, in sportswear, while Curtiss looks toward the clock across the way, at the entrance to Westward Drive, as if to indicate that his legacy defies time. — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026 Williams, from her office across the way, has been hearing it for years. — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for across the way

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“Across the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20the%20way. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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