1
as in adjacent
having a border in common
for two nations that are conterminous from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the U.S. and Canada have had remarkably little strife
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as in coinciding
occupying the same space
the county and the school district are conterminous
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Recent Examples of conterminous
While there is no suggestion that deposit insurance might be abolished, the FDIC has become so conterminous with the concept that (unfounded) worries were quickly raised on social media about the safety of money in banks.
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Felix Salmon, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
According to the weather service, increased chances for above-normal temperatures are predicted across much of the central and eastern conterminous United States.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 1 Feb. 2024
The temperature outlook predicts enhanced probabilities of above normal temperatures over much of the western conterminous U.S.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 1 Feb. 2024
In 1999, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service listed the species as threatened throughout the conterminous United States under the Endangered Species List.
—Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 18 Apr. 2023
Australia, the island continent, is roughly the same size as the conterminous United States.
—Patrick D. Nunn, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2018
The italicization is important: A poet more iconic, more conterminous with the idea of America cannot be easily found.
—Neel Mukherjee, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
Felix Salmon, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025
According to the weather service, increased chances for above-normal temperatures are predicted across much of the central and eastern conterminous United States.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 1 Feb. 2024
The temperature outlook predicts enhanced probabilities of above normal temperatures over much of the western conterminous U.S.
—Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 1 Feb. 2024
In 1999, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service listed the species as threatened throughout the conterminous United States under the Endangered Species List.
—Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 18 Apr. 2023
Australia, the island continent, is roughly the same size as the conterminous United States.
—Patrick D. Nunn, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2018
The italicization is important: A poet more iconic, more conterminous with the idea of America cannot be easily found.
—Neel Mukherjee, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conterminous
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The sauce is adjacent to the orange chicken but with a less specific citrus flavor.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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These are crimes reported in Poway, Rancho Bernardo, 4S Ranch and adjacent communities between Feb.10 and Feb. 16, 2025.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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The timing of these changes were roughly coincident with clarification of Information Blocking rules and Epic’s introduction of its own competing product.—
Seth Joseph,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2024
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Another suggestion is that there were two more or less coincident eruptions, one each in northern and southern hemispheres.—
Erik Klemetti,
Discover Magazine,
26 July 2011
Adjective
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Photo : Trevor Melton The kitchen and adjoining family room spill onto a large loggia next to the pool.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
24 Feb. 2025
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The adjoining lounge offers a luxe afternoon tea with gorgeous Lourse pastries.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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There was more screen time with J on Animal Kingdom, but with some of Michael’s past experiences and some of the depth that Steven had written into the character, there was more underlying and more to play, long-term.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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Revenue and underlying profit rose year over year despite a 1.9% decline in sales volume.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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Intrastate flights outside the contiguous United States were excluded.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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January was colder than average across the contiguous United States, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data.—
Dan Belson,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2025
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The nation’s period of domestic bliss was practically coterminous with the presidency of James Monroe, a Democratic-Republican whose landslide victory in 1816 accelerated the Federalist Party’s collapse.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Dec. 2024
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From the moment of her father’s death and her subsequent coronation—receiving the Crown of St. Edward on her head, and bearing its almost five pounds of weight upright for the next three hours—the vast dimensions of her status as queen were coterminous with the diminutive dimensions of her person.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2024
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“Conterminous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conterminous. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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