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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Its flagship store at West Sixth Street and North Lamar Boulevard, across from Whole Foods Market, remains open.
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Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The Ailsa Course is named after an ancient and uninhabited volcanic island, Ailsa Craig, set across from the property.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2025
The hotel sits directly across from the city’s oldest still-operational cemetery, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, where famous New Orleans’ voodoo queen Marie Laveau is buried.
—Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
Two smiling, warm managers sat across from me in a small chapel.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 July 2025
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Shonda Novak, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The Ailsa Course is named after an ancient and uninhabited volcanic island, Ailsa Craig, set across from the property.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 27 July 2025
The hotel sits directly across from the city’s oldest still-operational cemetery, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, where famous New Orleans’ voodoo queen Marie Laveau is buried.
—Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
Two smiling, warm managers sat across from me in a small chapel.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 July 2025
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“Across from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20from. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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