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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Eden Bilingual Childcare Center is located in Arbor Plaza, across from a trailer park where many immigrants live, so the community is on high alert.
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Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The surveillance footage was captured by a camera at a business directly across from where Chloe and Tomlyn left Bullock.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The city is now trying to grapple with what to do to prevent similar incidents, should the event return to its regular home across from the Idaho Capitol.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Paton hung up, and called back, and walked Lock through it, and Natalie stood across from him, gesturing with her fingers in the air as if pointing at an invisible map of the United States.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The surveillance footage was captured by a camera at a business directly across from where Chloe and Tomlyn left Bullock.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
The city is now trying to grapple with what to do to prevent similar incidents, should the event return to its regular home across from the Idaho Capitol.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Paton hung up, and called back, and walked Lock through it, and Natalie stood across from him, gesturing with her fingers in the air as if pointing at an invisible map of the United States.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Across from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20from. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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