as in adjacent
having a border in common
flanking farms that share the same water source
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Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in adjoining
to be adjacent to
the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line
Synonyms & Similar Words
as in envelopment
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flanking
Adjective
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Where once ambiguity clouded the path into adjacent markets, leaders can now harness AI to identify hidden patterns, predict category demand, and test new offerings with precision.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025 -
Just outside the hotel’s tranquil walls, guests will find a vibrant neighborhood teeming with restaurants, bars and cafés, as well as the Museum of Ancient Art adjacent to the hotel.—
Monica Mendal,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Its bombs—dropped in the middle of working hours—severely damaged the adjoining Shahid Moghaddas judicial complex, where prisoners are dragged before malevolent magistrates and fed into the machinery of the Revolutionary Court.—
Siamak Namazi,
Time,
25 June 2025
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Nieman and Johnson will accommodate vendor booths, food trucks and the adjoining beer festival.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Collins is the third TCU player to enter the portal joining Vasean Allette and Isaiah Manning.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2025
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Tesla plans to launch a ride-hail service in Austin around June, joining Amazon’s (AMZN) Zoox and Waymo — among others — in the city.—
William Gavin,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
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Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and NATO allies fear Moscow has more ambitions in the former Soviet sphere, especially the Baltic states.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Following last week's invasion of the Carrie body snatchers storyline, an opening montage of Carrie click-clacking around her Gramercy Park townhouse in various designer heels resets the stage for a return to peak Carrie form.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
27 June 2025
Verb
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In another court challenge, the drama surrounding beneficial ownership information (BOI) reporting significantly ramped up this week.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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Today 30 species fly freely throughout Pelican Island and the surrounding archipelagos off the coast of Vero Beach.—
Kara Franker,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Israel had a right to self-defense against that incursion and the atrocities perpetrated against its citizens.—
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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Israel’s failure to defend its borders during Hamas’ Oct. 7 incursion has been followed by impressive military successes.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
24 June 2025
Noun
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She was frequently caught short by the playwright’s winking ambush.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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The new film continues the saga with a fresh high-stakes adventure, in which the fearsome Countess of Gral ambushes Captain Sabertooth’s ship, stealing a sacred figurehead and kidnapping young crewmate Pinky.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 June 2025
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“Flanking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flanking. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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