nonadjacent

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Recent Examples of nonadjacent The regulations specify that AVAS sounds must cover four separate, nonadjacent octave bands. John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonadjacent
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • With the help of advanced transmission electron microscopy, the team revealed the gold was not forming continuous films, as previously thought, but existed as discrete nanoparticles.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Dell sells a discrete-GPU option to make this a media-editing machine for creative users, which adds to the already significant cost.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Nonadjacent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonadjacent. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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