1
as in joins
to be adjacent to
the bedroom of their apartment adjoins their neighbor's living room
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as in adds
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 adjoins
The bridge adjoins the War Eagle Mill and carries traffic across War Eagle Creek.
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Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
Ritrovata, the laboratory that adjoins the Cineteca.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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
Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
Ritrovata, the laboratory that adjoins the Cineteca.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjoins
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Working with DaCosta — who joins Todd Field and Christian Petzold in the roster of visionary directors Hoss has collaborated with — was another transformative experience.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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In the grander scheme, Big Pete joins his family across North Carolina to protect the grandmother tree.—
Khadejeh Nikouyeh,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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For Kimberly-Clark, the deal adds a new swath of consumer brands.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Still, the team notes that the real world adds complexity.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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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
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The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Two tables have seating that surrounds screens, perfect for table-top role-playing games.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Fat that sits deep in the abdomen and surrounds vital organs is particularly dangerous, fueling inflammation, insulin resistance and cardiovascular problems, according to experts.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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But Hawley flanks the familiar creature from the movies with a variety of new monsters that get unleashed in the Maginot crash.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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Lyon’s magnetism touches the entire cast, but her bits with both Killam’s Boone and Chenoweth’s Tammy really leap off the screen.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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And none of that touches the benefits that could accrue to other people outfitted with BCI chips, who could then communicate and interact with AI systems.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Adjoins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjoins. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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