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  • adjective That occupies an adjacent place.
  • adverb Alternative spelling of next door.

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Examples

  • “Alan,” said my aunt, and she looked at me with love, “the Flatleys”—she was referring to the next-door neighbors—“asked us if we were putting wine bottles in their recycling bin.

    Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004

  • Whether I was showing off for my Aunt Pat or out-dancing every kid who challenged me at my next-door neighbor's house, there was a constant beat in my head.

    Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011

  • I led the campaign in Englewood to push the tyrant out of our neighborhood when he sought to live in the Libyan-owned compound that is my immediate next-door neighbor and whose tax-exemption I have fought for three years.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Why I Want to Be the Values-Voice in Congress Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012

  • Most of the nearly 8,000 locals, however, still tend to think of this region as the nature-based Redwood Empire, in contrast to the commercial wine country of next-door Napa County.

    Shepherd Bliss: Occupy Strikes Chord In Small Town Of Sebastopol Shepherd Bliss 2011

  • I'm never puffed up with pride or think I'm better than the next-door neighbor.

    Archive: Michael in the mirror 2009

  • Whether I was showing off for my Aunt Pat or out-dancing every kid who challenged me at my next-door neighbor's house, there was a constant beat in my head.

    Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011

  • Whether I was showing off for my Aunt Pat or out-dancing every kid who challenged me at my next-door neighbor's house, there was a constant beat in my head.

    Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011

  • Whether I was showing off for my Aunt Pat or out-dancing every kid who challenged me at my next-door neighbor's house, there was a constant beat in my head.

    Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011

  • Whether I was showing off for my Aunt Pat or out-dancing every kid who challenged me at my next-door neighbor's house, there was a constant beat in my head.

    Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011

  • Whether I was showing off for my Aunt Pat or out-dancing every kid who challenged me at my next-door neighbor's house, there was a constant beat in my head.

    Jeffrey Page: Dance Will Save the World Jeffrey Page 2011

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