All 7 Uses

adjacent
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
(Edited)

Tariq was sitting at the board too, in turns watching the match, then listening in on the political chat at the adjacent table.
p. 165.2

adjacent = nearby (close to each other)
She found him three houses down the street, leaning against the wall at the entrance of a narrow-mouthed alley between two adjacent houses.
p. 168.1

adjacent = side-by-side (near each other)
They sat on the bench adjacent to Wakil and his family's.
p. 261.9

adjacent = next to
The fire took the adjacent fabric store as well, a secondhand clothing store, a small furniture shop, a bakery.
p. 304.2

adjacent = next door (right beside)
...a plane appears from the corner of the screen. It crashes into the adjacent tower, exploding into a fireball that dwarfs any ball of fire that Laila has ever seen.
p. 384.2 *

adjacent = nearby
It was Tariq and Zaman who built the classroom by knocking down the wall between two adjacent rooms.
p. 413.1

adjacent = side-by-side
The children are taking their seats, flipping notebooks open, chattering-Aziza is talking to a girl in the adjacent row.
p. 413.8

adjacent = next

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