How to Use contiguous in a Sentence

contiguous

adjective

• Connecticut and Massachusetts are contiguous states.
• That extent is about 46% of the area of the 48 contiguous states.
  — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
• That's more than half the land area of the contiguous United States.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
• The next total eclipse to hit the contiguous U.S. will be in 2044.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
• The record heat wave will impact all 48 contiguous states in the U.S. this month.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2020
• The next time this type of eclipse will grace the contiguous U.S. is in February 2046.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• Add a small contiguous section of the main body of the pumpkin when cutting off the top.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2020
• Boxed ships to the contiguous US and most orders go out in one to three business days.
  — Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2022
• Though bear attacks are rare, this isn't the first one in Alaska this year, or in the contiguous US.
  — Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
• This region has some of the darkest skies in the contiguous United States.
  — Alicia Erickson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2022
• As the largest contiguous state in the U.S., Texas is home to vast desert grasslands, dense forests, miles of beaches, rolling plains, and rugged hills.
  — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2023
• About two dozen form in the contiguous United States during the month.
  — Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2021
• The two of them have gone on road trips all over the country, visiting all 48 of the contiguous states in the country.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 25 June 2021
• Shipping is free and available in the 48 contiguous states.
  — Stacey Nguyen, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
• The land is what’s left of a larger contiguous city parcel of about 400 acres known as Macario Canyon.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022
• Surrounding the city is the world’s largest contiguous stand of ponderosa pine forest, and some of the finest runs are a romp through the woods.
  — Jen Rose Smith, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
• The unpaved four-wheel-drive road cuts a solitary path through the backcountry of the park, the largest in the contiguous United States.
  — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2021
• More important is the fact that Alaska, like Hawaii, has a cost of living that leaves the 48 contiguous states in the dust.
  — Andrew Depietro, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
• This abyssal plain sprawls over 2.3 million square miles, over half the size of the contiguous U.S., and plunges to depths exceeding 3 miles in some places.
  — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• In San Francisco, the county and the city are contiguous.
  — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2022
• The next time a total solar eclipse will happen in the contiguous United States will be in 2044.
  — Carolyn Burt, Orange County Register, 8 Apr. 2024
• But the biggest feature is simply the sheer size of the contiguous office.
  — Robert Channick, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2021
• Nearly all of the 69 miles of canal-side trail is contiguous, with the exception of 3.5 miles on city streets in Joliet.
  — Jay Jones, chicagotribune.com, 12 Apr. 2021
• And while an opioid pill can cost $2 in Arizona and many other parts of the contiguous U.S., the same pill can sell for $40 in Alaska.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2023
• The park and these 77 acres are one contiguous natural area.
  — Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
• The Amazon, roughly half the size of the 48 contiguous United States, is the largest rainforest on the planet.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 15 July 2021
• The Amazon forest is nearly the size of the contiguous United States.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• Also known as the Empty Quarter, this is the world's largest contiguous sand desert.
  — Katia Hetter and Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
• More than 1,000 tributaries collect rain and glacial runoff from a basin nearly the size of the contiguous United States.
  — Alex Cuadros, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
• Players from schools in the contiguous SEC states and the former Confederacy vs. players from everywhere else.
  — Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025