as in noncontiguous
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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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Unaccompanied children from noncontiguous countries will now be included in the calculation of encounters — a change from the interim rule.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
30 Sep. 2024
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That debate finally reached a conclusion last month, when the board of supervisors passed a zoning change that keeps developers from building on what is known as prime agricultural soil on property that has more than five noncontiguous acres of it.—
Antonio Olivo,
Washington Post,
3 July 2024
Adjective
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Stylish and discrete, the hotel is for those who live in quiet luxury (but who’d never utter such a phrase).—
Vogue,
Vogue,
3 June 2025
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Rather than presenting discrete sounds, these works are containers for aural attention, delineating spaces where the viewer can reflect not only on their own sensory encounters but also on the varied histories of art, architecture, and music that the works invoke.—
Caitlin Woolsey,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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“Nonadjacent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonadjacent. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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