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noun

plural of neighbor
as in brothers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of neighbor
as in adjoins
to be adjacent to the baseball field neighbors a parking lot

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Recent Examples of neighbors
Noun
Clarke Square neighbors will have access to VIA CDC’s monthly neighbor meetings, monthly business owner meetings, housing support, support in starting or developing small businesses and more. — Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
The French brand spent two years scouting its Shanghai home, which currently neighbors a Louis Vuitton pop-up. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for neighbors
  1. brothers
  2. adjoins
  3. fellows
  4. joins
  5. flanks
  6. surrounds
  7. touches
Noun
  • Duff’s husband, Matthew Koma, shared a snap on Instagram Stories, in which the couple posed with both Madden brothers as well as Nicole Richie, who has been married to Joel since 2010.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The brothers say Scoops 'N' Smiles is about more than ice cream.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of brothers
Verb
  • Century Boulevard adjoins Hollywood Park, SoFi Stadium, Intuit Dome and more.
    — Shi Bradley, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Flossmoor’s South Commuter Lot, which adjoins the village’s Metra station just steps from downtown, may be reimagined as a public park and community gathering space with the help of an Illinois Department of Natural Resources grant.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
Definition of adjoins
Noun
  • Handy said the center also relied on a $25,000 private donation to fund its summer undergraduate fellows program.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • Its first cohort will include 12 fellows, who will receive a one-time $10,000 grant.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of fellows
Verb
  • But first, on the Roundtable, Variety TV critic Aramide Tinubu joins us to give some of her summer TV picks and hot takes on the Emmy noms.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The 23-year-old’s name joins that of compatriots Ayako Okamoto (1984), Hinako Shibuno (2019) and last year’s champion golfer Miyū Yamashita — who failed to make the cut this weekend — on the silver trophy.
    — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of joins
Verb
  • After a long winter, the vibrant green of new foliage flanks the road and, in parts, creates a canopy in the summer.
    — Stacy Conde, Midwest Living, 9 July 2026
  • This short out-and-back route is the perfect recovery run, with relatively flat terrain that flanks the river.
    — Kristine Thomason, Outside, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of flanks
Verb
  • Eventually a ring of low-lying islands forms, built from the skeletons of the reef that surrounds it.
    — NPR, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Scientists have spent years trying to understand how an animal — this animal — can survive for centuries, and a new study has now added another layer to the mystery that surrounds these predators by looking directly at their heart.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of surrounds
Verb
  • Failure Becoming More Expensive States have begun regulating how AI touches coverage and care decisions, and scrutiny is coming for any system that influences a clinical or financial outcome.
    — Fawad Butt, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Also, chief data analyst Steve Kornacki is launching The Data Dive, a subscriber-exclusive newsletter that touches on the most consequential elections of the midterms.
    — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of touches

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