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With a launching pad officially ajar, Wade followed with a 442-foot on a full-count slider to tie the score at 2-2.
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Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024
The bear cub broke into the home through a back door that had been left ajar and moved to the kitchen where the suspect’s dog was resting.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
The door remains ajar, if barely so, for anonymous requests.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024
The floating sun was an accident of the camera tripod being knocked slightly ajar between exposures.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Aug. 2021
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Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024
The bear cub broke into the home through a back door that had been left ajar and moved to the kitchen where the suspect’s dog was resting.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
The door remains ajar, if barely so, for anonymous requests.
—Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024
The floating sun was an accident of the camera tripod being knocked slightly ajar between exposures.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Aug. 2021
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“Ajar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ajar. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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ajar
adverb or adjective
: slightly open
left the door ajar
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