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as in adjacent
having a border in common
for two nations that are conterminous from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the U.S. and Canada have had remarkably little strife
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as in coinciding
occupying the same space
the county and the school district are conterminous
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Recent Examples of conterminous
In 1999, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service listed the species as threatened throughout the conterminous United States under the Endangered Species List.
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Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 18 Apr. 2023
Australia, the island continent, is roughly the same size as the conterminous United States.
—Patrick D. Nunn, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2018
The italicization is important: A poet more iconic, more conterminous with the idea of America cannot be easily found.
—Neel Mukherjee, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 18 Apr. 2023
Australia, the island continent, is roughly the same size as the conterminous United States.
—Patrick D. Nunn, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2018
The italicization is important: A poet more iconic, more conterminous with the idea of America cannot be easily found.
—Neel Mukherjee, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
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Richter was working as a bouncer at an adjacent bar and was called to help the Brass Bull’s staff fend off McKay’s group, Assistant Campbell County Commonwealth's Attorney Michael Zimmerman said at a previous court hearing.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
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The office tower is adjacent to Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel, 139 E. Kilbourn Ave., as well as the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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The timing of these changes were roughly coincident with clarification of Information Blocking rules and Epic’s introduction of its own competing product.Seth Joseph, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
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Another suggestion is that there were two more or less coincident eruptions, one each in northern and southern hemispheres.Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 26 July 2011
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Which means the city’s Downtown First Thursdays event is back to serve up a bunch of free fun from 5 to 10 p.m. on 2nd Street, between Howard and Market streets (and several adjoining alleyways).Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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But two years ago, the club and its adjoining nonprofit, the Players Foundation for Theatre Education, embarked on a massive restoration of the Booth Room, hoping to refurbish every inch of the space — which, this summer, meant finally opening the cabinet.Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
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There's also the vast and the invisible underlying logic telling everything how to function.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Low iron can cause anemia or indicate an underlying condition affecting how your body stores or uses iron.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
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California California comes in at third place – first in the contiguous U.S. – with the average price of a 15-pound turkey at just under $40.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2024
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The next total solar eclipse in the contiguous U.S. (contiguous refers to the lower 48 states in North America, including the District of Columbia) will occur on Aug. 22, 2044.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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From the moment of her father’s death and her subsequent coronation—receiving the Crown of St. Edward on her head, and bearing its almost five pounds of weight upright for the next three hours—the vast dimensions of her status as queen were coterminous with the diminutive dimensions of her person.Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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This is a common attitude in competitive Duval County, which is coterminous with Jacksonville.Monica Potts, ABC News, 19 July 2024
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“Conterminous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conterminous. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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