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Meanings of contiguous in English

Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"

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Very close or connected in space or time.

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Examples for "immediate"
Examples for "immediate"
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However, 40 percent said immediate consequences from Brexit were not yet foreseeable.
Reuters
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The service company needs immediate access in case the refrigeration unit fails.
Shadow zone
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FBC News said the suspension was for 30 days with immediate effect.
Radio NZ
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It also called on the government to start immediate work on legislation.
The Guardian
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The immediate focus could fall on state elections due later this year.
Reuters
Usage of contiguous in English
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China must keep building up its deterrence capabilities against the contiguous US.
News.com.au
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He came to the college and entered the church contiguous to it.
Cæsar or Nothing
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What we did in our legally contiguous space can be repeated elsewhere.
The Universe — or Nothing
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While the contiguous U.S. states have enjoyed warmer temperatures, Alaska has not.
Reuters
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But my attention was quickly turned from more remote, to contiguous danger.
Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side
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Another time, of date probably very contiguous, I remember hearing Sterling preach.
Life of John Sterling
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An additional 227 hip fractures were identified after considering contiguous fracture sites.
Pubmed
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Body and limbs slender; no tail; eyes very large, almost contiguous; nose acute.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
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Data on prescriptions were used to construct contiguous treatment periods of follow-up time.
Pubmed
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Palestinians fear settlements will deny them a contiguous and viable state.
Reuters
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And the reason lies in our comparing those parts with the contiguous parts.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1
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A segment neighborhood is a set of contiguous residues that share common features.
Pubmed
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All the farm-buildings were contiguous and occupied the three sides of the yard.
Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
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December 2015 was the warmest December on record for the contiguous United States.
Reuters
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Our data support the hypothesis that genes contiguous to PLP1 contribute to EONDT.
Pubmed
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The interior of Alaska and the contiguous Canadian territory was a vast wilderness.
Revolution, and Other Essays
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