Definition of nabenext
as in district
an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature although it has undergone several transformations over the years, Times Square remains one of New York's most fabled nabes

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Recent Examples of nabe The couple tells Vogue that one of their first viral videos was of them making cabbage mille-feuille nabe, a Japanese dish of layered pork and cabbage in a dashi broth. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026 Travel to a sumo training center for an interactive sumo experience, including a private demonstration and a traditional chanko nabe lunch, the protein-rich stew that fuels Japan’s wrestlers. — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Dec. 2025 Lately my wife and I have also begun to lament the decline of the nabe, which has become categorically grodier since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. — Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025 Set a large nabe or 6-quart Dutch oven on a tabletop burner at the table. — Eleanore Park, WSJ, 9 May 2018 See All Example Sentences for nabe
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Noun
  • Hiroto Sakata, a civil servant from Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, visited Tokyo's Asakusa district on a day trip and purchased tickets for two people, which cost 2,000 yen total, and skipped the line.
    — Masayuki Oi Japan News, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But the state’s Republican attorneys said the primary elections took place under the new 2025 map, and that argues for keeping those districts in place for the general election in November.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
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  • Yang shot this campaign in front of London landmarks and neighborhoods, wearing tiered dresses and denim ensembles, along with light layers and mixed separates.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Four American tourists died on Friday after a building collapsed due to a gas explosion in Athens, Greece, in a neighborhood near the Acropolis.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Nabe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nabe. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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