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next door

[neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-, neks-dawr, -dohr, nekst-] / ˈnɛksˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr, ˈnɛkst-, ˈnɛksˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, ˈnɛkst- /






ADJECTIVE
neighboring
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Antonyms


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Corriveau then approached Corley about opening a bar next door to his place as “success insurance.”

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026

The costs of their decisions fall onto the people who rarely show up to those hearings: renters, young families, and the workers being priced into the county next door.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

She said it was "round the sides of the house which is not immediately visible in the way that we went into the home" and "between the house and the next door neighbour's".

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Four years ago, students at this college slept in the administration building next door, their demands all too similar to those that Didion mocked in her essay.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Suddenly, a bump in the room next door made us both freeze.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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