adjoined

past tense of adjoin

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of adjoined 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
Verb
  • The trio was flanked by Swiss Guards and other dignitaries, emphasizing the ceremonial nature of the royal departure from the Holy See.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Rose Garden used to feature a green lawn flanked by elegant magnolias and rows of rosebushes, commissioned by the Kennedys.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The concerned sister added that the family would keep looking.
    Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • One of America’s largest and bustling employment hubs, New York City, added fewer than 1,000 private sector jobs in the first half of this year.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2023, Kim and North joined forces for another mother-daughter costume, this time dressing as characters from the rom-com Clueless.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • More than 600 Middlebury students had also joined an online group to share updates of the extensive effort to find Smith, WPTZ reported.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The West Bank will not be annexed by Israel.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Once those land owners agreed to be annexed into Lebanon, there was nothing area plan officials could do.
    Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The bear moved with great agility around the rock ledges that surrounded the camp.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The film recreates the circumstances that surrounded Hind Rajab’s actual killing in January 2024, in which Red Crescent volunteers struggled to send an ambulance to rescue the child, who was trapped under fire in Gaza.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Farm Bank’s marketing hardly touched the computer-game side of the business.
    Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The next time the Aggies touched the ball, receiver KC Concepcion silenced the home crowd with a 79-yard punt return for six.
    Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Adjoined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjoined. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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