as in adjoins
to be adjacent to
the baseball field neighbors a parking lot
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Recent Examples of neighbors
Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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
Noun
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Egdahl then found brothers Jack and Eli Williams on social media.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Schwarzenegger will play twin brothers Augie and Bernard.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Investigators say the hiker became stranded after getting lost in the Sampson Mountain Wilderness section of Cherokee National Forest, which adjoins national forests in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
7 May 2026
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In the bathroom that adjoins the home gym, a soft-pink marble steals the show.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The open call for fellows will begin this fall.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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For more information on this year’s fellows and projects, read on.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Kitana joins our heroes, secretly undermining her adoptive demon father Shao Kahn.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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Gosling’s Holland March reluctantly joins with Crowe’s Jackson Healy, an enforcer, on a missing girl case.—
Jake Coyle,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Verb
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The park flanks a tiny stretch of Table Rock Lake, a serpentine reservoir with more than 745 miles of shoreline.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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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
Verb
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But as the rover attempted to pull out its drill arm, the rock came up with it, having gotten lodged onto the sleeve that surrounds the tool’s bit.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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Set the scene The hotel’s name comes from the beach grass that surrounds it—perhaps your first clue as to how this summertime escape sits harmoniously among its Long Island coast setting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Legal work that touches immigration status or physical injury can bring fear to the surface again and again.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Kansas City-area Representatives Sam Graves, who represents a swath of northern Missouri, and Mark Alford, whose district touches the metro and central Missouri, similarly both made statements about the attack.—
Jack Harvel
April 27,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Neighbors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neighbors. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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