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as in flanked
to be adjacent to
the bedroom of their apartment adjoins their neighbor's living room
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as in added
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 adjoined
Both intend to make new stadiums the striking centrepiece of wider developments, adjoined to large fan zones and commercial opportunities.
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Stein’s bedroom adjoined the room where Dodge would visit her lover at night; kept awake by the murmurings and moans, Stein lit a candle and composed a portrait of her host.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
The new department will be located in what was previously Children's Wisconsin's emergency department, where the two hospitals are adjoined.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Flay lives in the Morris Adjmic–designed Sterling Mason, a condominium composed of a 1905 red brick warehouse adjoined with a newer, metallic mirror image.
—Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Stein’s bedroom adjoined the room where Dodge would visit her lover at night; kept awake by the murmurings and moans, Stein lit a candle and composed a portrait of her host.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
The new department will be located in what was previously Children's Wisconsin's emergency department, where the two hospitals are adjoined.
—Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Flay lives in the Morris Adjmic–designed Sterling Mason, a condominium composed of a 1905 red brick warehouse adjoined with a newer, metallic mirror image.
—Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjoined
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The star top note is sweet green tea, which is flanked by powdery freesia and warm amber.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
29 Jan. 2026
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The fireplace is flanked by two bright yellow seating nooks that face the extra-large baby-blue bookshelves, Saba’s favorite area of the home.—
Lennie Omalza,
Louisville Courier Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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Tomei added that another potential driver for precious metals is also excess liquidity sloshing through global markets.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Rochester team added a key design feature to improve reliability.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Researchers from multiple state departments and institutions joined forces over the summer to excavate Stewart Ranch, a remote historic site in eastern Oregon's Grant County.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The movie played at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and caught the eye of Tom Cruise, who joined as an executive producer and secured an 800-theater wide release with an Oscar push.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Kremlin insisted that to reach a peace deal, Kyiv must withdraw its troops from the areas in the east that Russia illegally annexed but never fully captured.—
KAMILA HRABCHUK,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Kremlin insists that to reach a peace deal, Kyiv must withdraw its troops from the areas in the east that Russia illegally annexed but has not fully captured.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Saint Ann’s, an elite private school that charges roughly $60,000 a year in tuition and is known for high Ivy League acceptance rates and attendees that include celebrities, artists and Wall Street executives, has been surrounded by scandal for nearly two years.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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The makeshift detention center, surrounded by chain-link fences, had detainees sleeping on brown bunk beds under bright, perpetual fluorescent lights.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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The cop in front of her touched her wrist, the mustached one clamped a hand on her shoulder, and the one to her right grabbed her sleeve.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Lulu touched so many lives in her short time here.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Adjoined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjoined. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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