abuts

present tense third-person singular of abut

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of abuts Once a working farm in the time of the gold rush, since 1962 the Greenhorn has been a place where the day is taken at a leisurely pace, where visitors soak in the 600 acres that abuts to 500,000 more acres of public land. Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land. Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abuts
Verb
  • Grab Afternoon Tea Stop into Heritage Bakery & Cafe, a cozy spot that adjoins Harrisonburg's welcome center, to delight in whimsical refreshments served on delicate china.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Pinstripes joins countless other retailers shuttering doors Pinstripes is certainly not the first company to file for bankruptcy and shut its doors this year.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The anime joins a comedy starring Cannes Film Festival best actor winner Yakusho Koji and a biographical drama about Japan’s most controversial fortune-teller in Netflix’s anniversary slate.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Abuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abuts. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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