variants also catty-corner or catercorner or kitty-cornered or catty-cornered or catercornered
Definition of kitty-cornernext
as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner walked kitty-corner across the quadrangle to the registration booth

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Recent Examples of kitty-corner Meanwhile, in the shopping center kitty-corner, a hundred or more loyalists stood in line to support Stan’s Donuts, a South Bay institution. Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 Before that, going back to 1953, the Chicago Greyhound terminal was located at Clark and Randolph streets in the Loo p— at the current site of the Grant Thornton Tower, across the street from the Daley Center and the Thompson Center, and kitty-corner from the City Hall-County Building complex. Todd Feurer, CBS News, 17 June 2026 The public forum sits kitty-corner from the Northbrook Metra station. Phil Rockrohr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026 The store, which is kitty-corner to an Albertsons supermarket, was built by Safeway in 1950 with a Marina-style rounded roof. Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2025 The low-income apartments will sit kitty-corner to the Townes at Kennedy-King, a recent townhome development by Onyx+East along the growing 22nd Street corridor. Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025
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  • Two skinny straps crossed the toes, while another ran diagonally over the instep and met a narrow strap just below the ankle before wrapping around the heel.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
  • The bold blouse is outfitted with a split-front design featuring trails of buttons running diagonally across the top and bottom.
    Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
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  • Fernando anticipates an impact crater nearly 90 feet across and 16 feet deep (27 meters across and 5 meters deep), too small to see from Earth but visible to spacecraft.
    Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Juan Jesus Vivas, head of Ceuta's local government, said as many as 60,000 people had pushed across over the past couple of days.
    Michael Francis Gore, USA Today, 31 July 2026

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“Kitty-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitty-corner. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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