adjacency

noun

ad·ja·cen·cy ə-ˈjā-sᵊn(t)-sē

plural adjacencies

Synonyms of adjacency next

: something that is adjacent

: the quality or state of being adjacent : contiguity

Examples of adjacency in a Sentence

environmentalists are concerned about the proposed shopping plaza's adjacency to the river

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Doc, meanwhile, makes a painful discovery: Through its COINTELPRO program, the FBI has turned countless hippies into informants and used their adjacency to politically radical groups to gather intel. —

Chris Stanton, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2024 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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for adjacency