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neighbor

noun as in person who lives close by

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verb as in be next to

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Local firefighting systems need more permanent, reliable employment, because sometimes neighboring communities, states and nations won’t be able to lend resources.

We also have to continue to think and act as neighbors, by supporting those who want to rebuild.

We have two neighbors who are willing to buy the house after one or both of us die.

“The concern is the displacement of the neighborhood and the neighbors who’ve been there for so long. We don’t want the neighborhoods to change.”

Her house survived even as the homes of some of her neighbors were destroyed, but although she’s in safe and comfortable quarters with relatives, she wishes she could go back to her own place.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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