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Recent Examples of nonadjacent
The regulations specify that AVAS sounds must cover four separate, nonadjacent octave bands.
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John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonadjacent
Adjective
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The burden is even heavier in noncontiguous states and territories.—
Katelyn Bledsoe,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
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Pakistan was a noncontiguous Muslim-majority country, with West Pakistan (formed from the western Punjab) and East Pakistan (formed from the eastern Bengal) separated by about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of Indian territory.—
Andrew Pereira,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Before evaluating any solution, buyers should catalog the discrete jobs their organization needs performed, group them into clusters and identify which are already well served and which remain stubbornly unmet.—
Eilon Reshef,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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But Hadler does not believe that fibromyalgia should be classified as a disease in the traditional biomedical sense, because medicine has yet to identify a discrete, demonstrable pathophysiological process underlying it.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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“Nonadjacent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonadjacent. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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