noncontiguous

Definition of noncontiguousnext

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Recent Examples of noncontiguous 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 Spread throughout every corner of the country, contiguous and noncontiguous, these ranges offer ample opportunity for everyone to explore. — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024 Lawyers representing Republicans said that in the past Democrats had not raised claims of unfairness about noncontiguous districts. — Julie Bosman, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for noncontiguous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncontiguous
Adjective
  • The regulations specify that AVAS sounds must cover four separate, nonadjacent octave bands.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • Washington needs to recognize that the Kremlin regards Ukraine not as a discrete conflict but as part of a broader struggle over Europe’s strategic order.
    — Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The operation plays a central role in quantum algorithms targeting the elliptic-curve discrete logarithm problem.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • That night, Pike, her boyfriend, 17-year-old Tadaryl Shipp, and an acquaintance, Shadolla Peterson, 18, lured Slemmer to an isolated area behind the agricultural campus steam plant.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • One of the coolest things happening in hip-hop production right now is the way different isolated microscenes are mining the dance music of the Black diaspora.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026

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“Noncontiguous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncontiguous. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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