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Recent Examples of noncontiguous
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.
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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
Gaber disputed Bradley's reading of why the case was brought before the court, arguing the question of whether the state's legislative districts are unconstitutionally noncontiguous would have made its way to the court regardless of who won the election.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
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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
Gaber disputed Bradley's reading of why the case was brought before the court, arguing the question of whether the state's legislative districts are unconstitutionally noncontiguous would have made its way to the court regardless of who won the election.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncontiguous
Adjective
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The regulations specify that AVAS sounds must cover four separate, nonadjacent octave bands.—
John Seabrook,
The New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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In the fourth quarter of 2022, Huntington had just two AI agents—discrete programs running inside the business.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Electrons within atoms could only occupy a series of discrete energy levels, demonstrating that nature was often discrete, not always continuous.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Venezuela is not an isolated case.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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California has higher electricity prices than every state but Hawaii, which has far more reason for its high prices given its isolated geography.—
Paige Lambermont,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Noncontiguous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncontiguous. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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