as in proximity
the state or condition of being near
environmentalists are concerned about the proposed shopping plaza's adjacency to the river
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Recent Examples of adjacency
However, the investment in Urban Legend marks Mondelēz’s first step into the fresh bakery sector in the UK, a move Gray described as a natural adjacency for the company.
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Douglas Yu, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
But that dynamic of an adjacency to national political power fueling a person’s dating identity is exactly what makes DC dating unique and (from all these news stories about people who hate dating there) so hostile.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Establish Credibility In Adjacent Categories Exploring adjacencies in other categories is a priority.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
Meaningful adjacencies are all over Any Person: the journal as paratext to the life, the energy in being physically near other people, the reality and unreality of fiction.
—Hazlitt, 12 June 2024
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Douglas Yu, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
But that dynamic of an adjacency to national political power fueling a person’s dating identity is exactly what makes DC dating unique and (from all these news stories about people who hate dating there) so hostile.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Establish Credibility In Adjacent Categories Exploring adjacencies in other categories is a priority.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024
Meaningful adjacencies are all over Any Person: the journal as paratext to the life, the energy in being physically near other people, the reality and unreality of fiction.
—Hazlitt, 12 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for adjacency
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“Adjacency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjacency. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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