as in adjoins
to be adjacent to
our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife
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Recent Examples of abuts
Once a working farm in the time of the gold rush, since 1962 the Greenhorn has been a place where the day is taken at a leisurely pace, where visitors soak in the 600 acres that abuts to 500,000 more acres of public land.
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Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abuts
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The bridge adjoins the War Eagle Mill and carries traffic across War Eagle Creek.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ritrovata, the laboratory that adjoins the Cineteca.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Seth Rogen joins the cast as Rabbi Neil, a progressive rabbi who offers Noah a position at his ultra-modern congregation, Ahava.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Jordan joins previous American Cinematheque Award winners like Spike Lee, Ryan Reynolds, Reese Witherspoon, Ridley Scott, Amy Adams, Helen Mirren and, last year, Jessica Chastain.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Abuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abuts. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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