How to Use contiguous in a Sentence

contiguous

adjective
  • Connecticut and Massachusetts are contiguous states.
  • The firm expects to offer landowners in all 48 contiguous states the ability to sell offsets by autumn.
    Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 26 May 2021
  • This giant lake, whose northern shores are contiguous with the city of Goma, contains at least 70 cubic miles of carbon dioxide.
    Robin Andrews, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • The project collects wildlife data from a coordinated group of cameras across the contiguous US.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The hit series chronicles the Dutton family, who control the largest contiguous cattle ranch in the United States.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
  • 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 next time this type of eclipse will grace the contiguous U.S. is in February 2046.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • The new study, not yet peer reviewed, would be the first to cover the whole contiguous United States, according to the authors.
    Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 28 June 2023
  • Sleep Number sweetens the deal with free shipping across the contiguous U.S.
    Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The sale dates vary by location and are valid on travel within the contiguous U.S. from Jan. 3 through May 22.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
  • When that happened, about 144 acres were subdivided and left to Ward, where the park will be, though the site won’t be contiguous to the landing.
    Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Overnight lows have been rising far faster than daytime highs, as can be seen in the contiguous U.S. in the graphic below.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2022
  • That said, there will be a total solar eclipse that is visible in the contiguous U.S. in April 2024.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2023

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