circumjacent

adjective

Definition of circumjacentnext
as in surrounding

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumjacent
  1. surrounding
  2. peripheral
  3. embracing
  4. connected
  5. marginal
  6. attached
  7. connecting
  8. joined
Adjective
  • The system, which serves 100,000 residents in Iowa City and its surrounding, mostly rural communities, typifies the challenges most libraries face.
    — Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • Since then, the bustling market serves the surrounding and significant Latino community and others.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Definition of surrounding
Adjective
  • In the first incident, Attwell will have had to keep his eyes down on the tackle, which is late and deliberate, and so loses his peripheral vision that might have picked up Munoz breaking into the area.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • For Joan and Luis, these activities were not peripheral to their Jewish lives.
    — Laura Yares, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of peripheral
Adjective
  • The saints’ days are celebrated, the great days of history are celebrated, and they’re celebrated with this sort of enormous exuberance and deep investment that is somehow very, very touching, very embracing, and very inclusive.
    — Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of embracing
Adjective
  • Leadership and entrepreneurial thinking are more connected than people assume.
    — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Little connected on a 67-yarder in Week 18 last season, giving him the two longest official field goals in NFL history.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of connected
Adjective
  • The Storm Prediction Center has placed all the Kansas City forecast area under a marginal risk (Level 1 of 5) for severe storms.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
  • For an executive whose marginal rate is well above 22%, that gap between what's withheld and what's owed becomes a five- or six-figure surprise.
    — Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of marginal
Adjective
  • The primary suite includes an attached bathroom with a clawfoot soaking tub.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Topping it all off is a separate guesthouse and keys to the private Riviera II Beach, plus an attached two-car garage and an expansive motor court with extra parking for up to six vehicles.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of attached
Adjective
  • Znotins acknowledges that the airline makes prices for those non-connecting trips expensive to discourage non-connecting customers from booking them.
    — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Gateway is modified to first repair the old 1910 tunnel immediately and construct a more economical new tunnel (without expensive and unneeded bench walls and cross-connecting passageways) and link it directly into Penn Station.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026
Definition of connecting
Adjective
  • Kar, the company’s CEO, was a founding team member at Palo Alto Networks and oversaw Juniper Networks’ entire Ethernet portfolio before the two joined forces at Auradine, a blockchain and AI chip startup where Upscale was incubated.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • The 28-year-old has won eight Grands Prix across nine seasons for Ferrari, having initially joined the joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in 2016.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Definition of joined
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“Circumjacent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumjacent. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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