across from
idiom
: on the opposite side from (someone or something)
She sat (directly) across from me at the table.
The restaurant is (just) across from the high school.
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Scrolling on TikTok across from a dining mate?
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Osceola had already been organizing protests of her own across from the center and was vital to sustaining the weekly protests, said organizers — lending tents, sound equipment and initially, a camera set-up to help livestream the protests.
—Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The building that will bear the Hopkins’ names sits across from another dorm named for her late friend, Maya Angelou.
—Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s just one take, me and Andrew Watt sitting cross-legged across from each other on the studio floor.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Osceola had already been organizing protests of her own across from the center and was vital to sustaining the weekly protests, said organizers — lending tents, sound equipment and initially, a camera set-up to help livestream the protests.
—Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
The building that will bear the Hopkins’ names sits across from another dorm named for her late friend, Maya Angelou.
—Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
That’s just one take, me and Andrew Watt sitting cross-legged across from each other on the studio floor.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Across from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20from. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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