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as in joins
to be adjacent to
the bedroom of their apartment adjoins their neighbor's living room
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as in adds
to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase
after the dictionary writer's talk, the principal adjoined a few remarks about her own love of words
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Recent Examples of adjoins
The bridge adjoins the War Eagle Mill and carries traffic across War Eagle Creek.
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Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
Ritrovata, the laboratory that adjoins the Cineteca.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Grab Afternoon Tea Stop into Heritage Bakery & Cafe, a cozy spot that adjoins Harrisonburg's welcome center, to delight in whimsical refreshments served on delicate china.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2025
Ritrovata, the laboratory that adjoins the Cineteca.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Grab Afternoon Tea Stop into Heritage Bakery & Cafe, a cozy spot that adjoins Harrisonburg's welcome center, to delight in whimsical refreshments served on delicate china.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjoins
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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
Verb
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The hoisin sauce adds glossy sweetness and umami depth, while fresh ginger brightens things up.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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But Shironitta adds that Takaichi, while seen as conservative and nationalistic, is also a realist.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Jenny Peters,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This is the second part of a series exploring electric bicycles, their local impact and the ongoing controversy that surrounds them.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The report released this week surrounds a state antisemitism complaint filed by Oakland’s Law Office of Marleen Sacks.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
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But Hawley flanks the familiar creature from the movies with a variety of new monsters that get unleashed in the Maginot crash.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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Unlike the forefoot that touches the ground only with its hooves, the hind feet have a fleshy heel pad behind the hooves.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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This question touches the very heart of the film.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Adjoins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjoins. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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