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Recent Examples of nonadjacent
The regulations specify that AVAS sounds must cover four separate, nonadjacent octave bands.
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John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonadjacent
Adjective
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Unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries will now be included in the calculation of encounters — a change from the interim rule.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
30 Sep. 2024
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That debate finally reached a conclusion last month, when the board of supervisors passed a zoning change that keeps developers from building on what is known as prime agricultural soil on property that has more than five noncontiguous acres of it.—
Antonio Olivo,
Washington Post,
3 July 2024
Adjective
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Sorry, Baby moves deftly between tones, not only from scene to scene, but within discrete conversations.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
27 June 2025
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Because CPUs and discrete video cards complete different tasks using their own RAM, these pools of memory are treated separately by the system.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
27 June 2025
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“Nonadjacent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonadjacent. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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