Thesaurus results for NEIGHBORED

neighbored

verb

past tense of neighbor

as in adjoined

to be adjacent to the baseball field neighbors a parking lot

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Recent Examples of neighbored Though most campuses of the merged schools neighbored one another, Miami Springs Middle and Miami Springs High were about a mile and a half apart. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

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Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.

— Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026

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Funko’s sales had fallen 22% year over year in the second quarter of 2025, just before Simon joined, and the company had ousted its previous CEO that summer.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
Justine Lupe has joined the likes of Mariska Hargitay, Sienna Miller, and more A-listers in proving that wide-leg denim is the style to wear for fall.

— Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of joined

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Eight Zoom boxes, each occupied by lawyers for Paramount or California, flanked the judge on the screen.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
The nondescript door on Eighth Avenue is flanked by a liquor store and a cannabis dispensary, and the lobby has no directory.

— Gabe Kirchheimer, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026

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Cherished relatives died alone in hospital rooms surrounded by sterile machines and an ever-rotating set of masked medical personnel.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
And at the L’Anse-Pleureuse rest area on Route 198, just outside Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, the view of a lake surrounded by mountainous terrain is well worth a stop.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026

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