1
as in adjacent
having a border in common
he and his future wife grew up on neighboring farms
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2
as in near
not being distant in time, space, or significance
the statehouse and its neighboring buildings
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as in adjoining
to be adjacent to
the baseball field neighbors a parking lot
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neighboring
Adjective
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The flatland at the southern end is adjacent to the Lón Lagoon, which is separated from the North Atlantic Ocean by a beautiful black sand beach.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025 -
This modern mode of transportation would usher in a golden age of motoring, and John Oosterhuis, an immigrant from the Netherlands, planned to take advantage by building the Dutch Mill Motel in 1951 adjacent to the new highway.—
Paul Eisenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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This is how Bailey became a learn-on-the-job type, with a near religious reverence for performing, if not the formal higher education of many with whom he’s shared the stage.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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The hope is that this technology will become very widespread in the near future.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
17 June 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
Adjective
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The likelihood of lightning increases as a thunderstorm gets closer and reaches its highest point when the storm is directly overhead.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 June 2025
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Republicans are closer than ever to passing President Donald Trump’s huge party-line tax and spending cuts bill before July 4, as its Senate prospects brightened on ahead of a critical initial vote on Saturday afternoon.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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Buzz vans operated by companies than owned by your next-door neighbor.—
Utkarsh Sood
June 29,
New Atlas,
29 June 2025
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But Sandy also proved an equal opportunity social ambassador, greeting with alacrity everyone from the next-door neighbor to the homeless man on a park bench.—
Thomas Cangelosi,
Hartford Courant,
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
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“Neighboring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neighboring. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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