as in to adjoin
to be adjacent to
our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife
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Recent Examples of abut
Preserving these Charlotte church cemeteries protects Black history too
July 15, 2024 6:00 AM
Dorothy Green’s backyard of nearly 50 years abuts the cemetery.
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
Here, Chris and Min live in the converted garage abutting the home of Chris’s best friend Angela (Kelly Marie Tran) and Lee (Lily Gladstone), a lesbian couple caught up in a slew of expensive IVF treatments, the latest of which has failed.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 18 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, residents are coming forward with claims about the city’s lack of maintenance of the area, which abuts Lake June/Prairie Creek.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
On July 18, 2019, a Cheshire resident with property abutting Cuff Brook observed dead fish and discolored water with an oily sheen in the brook and smelled a chemical odor similar to lighter fluid, officials said.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
Here, Chris and Min live in the converted garage abutting the home of Chris’s best friend Angela (Kelly Marie Tran) and Lee (Lily Gladstone), a lesbian couple caught up in a slew of expensive IVF treatments, the latest of which has failed.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 18 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, residents are coming forward with claims about the city’s lack of maintenance of the area, which abuts Lake June/Prairie Creek.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
On July 18, 2019, a Cheshire resident with property abutting Cuff Brook observed dead fish and discolored water with an oily sheen in the brook and smelled a chemical odor similar to lighter fluid, officials said.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abut
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Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall adjoins Arlington National Cemetery.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Being Italian, the designers made sure to emphasize a four-season dining area adjoining the cockpit that can be left open for alfresco dining or enclosed in chillier weather.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
28 May 2025
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Miami went 10-2 in 1990 and ended the season ranked No. 3 in its final season as an independent before joining the Big East.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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With the welcome citywide expansion of organic collection (brown bins) joining with paper (green bins) and metal, glass and plastic (blue bins), the remaining black bag garbage will be made of nonrecyclable items like those same thin plastics that Sims rejects that are used for wrapping or bags.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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Using imaginative and colorful visual metaphors, the film touches on childhood anxiety and resilience in a manner with which audiences of all ages can empathize.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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The pregame giveaway is a roll of toilet paper combined with a bottle of laxatives, and during the game Rangers players actually touch home plate.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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Seth Rollins is by far the biggest favorite to win the men’s Money in the Bank match as a top heel flanked by two monsters in Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The entire lineup is built upon the repetition of an individual module comprising a polished circular disc or smooth dome flanked by openwork interlocking links on each side.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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More than a hundred law enforcement officers surrounded them on the block.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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Every state surrounding Iowa required less education to get a barber’s license.—
Andrew Wimer,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The arrival of the National Guard followed two days of protests that began Friday in downtown Los Angeles before spreading on Saturday to Paramount, a heavily Latino city south of the city, and neighboring Compton.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 June 2025
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To help fund the park, Congress did authorize the sale of government land on neighboring Bois Blanc Island.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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