1
as in to join
to be adjacent to
the bedroom of their apartment adjoins their neighbor's living room
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2
as in to add
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
after the dictionary writer's talk, the principal adjoined a few remarks about her own love of words
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Recent Examples of adjoin
Book Early and Book Smart Family-friendly accommodations like adjoining rooms, suites, and vacation rentals sell out faster than standard rooms.
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Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
Book Early and Plan Smart Family-friendly accommodations like adjoining rooms, suites, and vacation rentals sell out faster than standard rooms.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
Eighteen of the suites/rooms are adjoining for families.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
The dining room adjoins the kitchen in classic Victorian style, creating a fluid, convivial space.
—Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 14 Mar. 2026
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Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
Book Early and Plan Smart Family-friendly accommodations like adjoining rooms, suites, and vacation rentals sell out faster than standard rooms.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
Eighteen of the suites/rooms are adjoining for families.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
The dining room adjoins the kitchen in classic Victorian style, creating a fluid, convivial space.
—Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjoin
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Texas built as much as a 69-29 lead with just under 6 minutes left, right before Harmon left the game and went to the bench to join Booker, who didn’t play at all in the fourth quarter.—
Stephen Hawkins,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Li's murder in San Gabriel will be joined with the Walnut Creek double murders to be prosecuted in Contra Costa County, the DA's Office said.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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But adding regular walking helps signal the body to maintain lean tissue while losing fat.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Grayson Allen added 19 points, Oso Ighodaro scored 13 and Khaman Maluach had 12 and nine rebounds for the Suns, who had lost six of their previous seven games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Another of her stars is a fierce fast-food warrior clad in a cheeseburger skirt, wielding ketchup and mustard laser guns and flanked by a squad of fighters who happen to be anthropomorphic pizza and hot dogs.—
Leigh-Ann Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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It’s covered in a matte, textured rubber, and the rails that flank the running belt are thick enough to comfortably stand on and don’t flex.—
Craig Rawlins-Wilson,
PC Magazine,
25 Mar. 2026
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Fort Worth and Aledo have also asked for a permanent injunction to keep Willow Park from annexing land belonging to other cities in the future.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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The withdrawal of the request for the city to annex 800 acres in Douglas County was made official Tuesday by the Castle Pines City Council.—
John Aguilar,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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My friend Thai, whose parents were part of the Weather Underground leadership, remembers his father, Jeff Jones, coming home one day to find their family’s Hoboken apartment surrounded by cops—a fire inspector had spotted his tiny crop of marijuana plants on the fire escape.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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The Fairfield community surrounding Travis Air Force Base knows all too well the realities and uncertainties that come with wartime.—
Kenny Choi,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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But once they’re installed, these technologies are largely insulated from geopolitical events, as Pakistan has proved in recent weeks by leaning on solar while neighboring Bangladesh suffers from skyrocketing gas prices.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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In neighboring Kenya, which experiences seasonal flooding each year, at least 88 people have been killed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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In Joachim Trier's touching drama (which won the best international feature Oscar), Stellan Skarsgård stars as an aging filmmaker making a comeback movie inspired by his family.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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The New York Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would not only reduce plastic packaging, but also phase out 17 toxic chemicals and substances — including phthalates and bisphenols — that touches our food and beverages.—
Shanna Swan,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Adjoin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjoin. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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