adjoined

past tense of adjoin

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of adjoined Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026 Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace. — Bridget Borgobello july 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026 Though the properties cannot be structurally adjoined, the 500-square-foot studio serves as ideal guest quarters or office space next to the primary 3,000-square-foot loft. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 8 June 2026 When first responders arrived, heavy smoke filled the air and flames were observed in the front corner window of the first floor of a 16-unit apartment building which is adjoined to two other apartment buildings. — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 17 Feb. 2026 Both intend to make new stadiums the striking centrepiece of wider developments, adjoined to large fan zones and commercial opportunities. — 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 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
Verb
  • The MacArthur Causeway, three and a half miles of road between downtown Miami and South Beach, is flanked by two examples of the region’s struggles to build.
    — Jay Newman, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Raffaele Rossetti, who has been serving as Pinalli’s chief executive officer since 2018, will lead the retailer’s next phase flanked by Borletti, who will assume the role of chairman of the company that currently employs more than 800 people.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Current quality checks are efficient at detecting simple genetic changes, such as an altered DNA letter or a small piece of DNA that has been removed or added.
    — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The Miami Beach resident added that since the announcement on social media, she has been touched by the outpouring of good wishes from the community.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • With the property's May 2019 opening, Boston joined New York City, San Francisco, Miami, and Beverly Hills as the fifth city with two Four Seasons (the older Boston Four Seasons is located on Boston's Boylston Street).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Garfield was joined at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall by Guadagnino, writer Simon Rich and actors Yura Borisov (as OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever), Ike Barinholtz (as Elon Musk) and Cooper Hoffman (as OpenAI president Greg Brockman).
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • About 5,000 new homes have been built in the area since it was annexed by the city in 2004.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The parliamentary election was the first since Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and the first to include residents of four regions of that country that were seized and illegally annexed by Moscow later that year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • You’re surrounded by some of the city’s most important historical landmarks—but the history tucked away within the hotel is just as fascinating as everything that surrounds it.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In a screenshot from the video, Schmidt holds a microphone in one hand with the other arm lifted, surrounded by others making the same gesture.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Seahawks pulled away as the second half wore on, scoring three unanswered touchdowns and tearing through the heart of the Chargers’ defense, sometimes scarcely touched.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Symbolically, this act represents the departure of the goddess’s divine presence (prana) from the murti; thus, the murti may be touched and moved by human beings.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Adjoined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjoined. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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