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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
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The earliest human settlers arrived on these noncontiguous lands tens of thousands of years ago, and the entity itself is, quite literally, a layer cake of ancient geological evolutions accrued over billions of years.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Dec. 2025
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At issue is the splicing together of two noncontiguous clips of Trump speaking to his supporters on January 6, 2021, in a documentary that aired on the network’s investigative series, Panorama.—
Matt Kapp,
Air Mail,
22 Nov. 2025
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While the tornado threat in Dallas-Fort Worth is lower than in parts of West Texas and southwest Oklahoma, forecasters warn that any storm that remains discrete and takes advantage of stronger low-level winds tonight could produce a brief tornado, according to the National Weather Service.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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While the magnitude of these surges varies by context, the temporal clustering of activity in both cases demonstrates that social media visibility is driven by discrete political and moral shocks rather than sustained baseline engagement.—
Arnaud Kurze,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Nonadjacent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonadjacent. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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