across from

idiom

: on the opposite side from (someone or something)
She sat (directly) across from me at the table.
The restaurant is (just) across from the high school.

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Against the wall on the left side of the ballroom is a projector screen; across from it is a Panasonic projector in between two speakers. Amy Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025 The site is north of Genesee Avenue across from Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025 The rally, organized by unions representing area federal employees, jammed the sidewalk across from the Internal Revenue Service campus at midday. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2025 Jackson plans to demolish two office buildings across from a Metrorail station in 2027 to make way for affordable and workforce housing in two towers filled with shops, a hotel and more than 800 apartments. MORE: Can these towers help an affordable housing crisis in Miami? Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for across from

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“Across from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/across%20from. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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