as in near
not being distant in time, space, or significance
a next-door neighbor who is always helpful and friendly
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In 1920, Edith Swan and Rose Gooding were next-door neighbors who lived in Littlehampton, West Sussex, England.
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
After the demo work but before the re-construction, Stewart got into a kerfuffle with the next-door neighbor, real estate developer Harry Macklowe, over a row of shrubs the domestic diva claimed the property tycoon planted on her property.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
Sheehan also starred as a husband and father who opens a daycare center in his home — Julia Louis-Dreyfus was the next-door neighbor — on the 1988-89 NBC sitcom Day by Day, co-created by Gary David Goldberg (Family Ties, Spin City).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2024
The true identity of nosy next-door neighbor Agatha—played to perfection by Kathryn Hahn—was the big reveal of 2021's WandaVision, even inspiring a meta-jingle that went viral.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 July 2024
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
After the demo work but before the re-construction, Stewart got into a kerfuffle with the next-door neighbor, real estate developer Harry Macklowe, over a row of shrubs the domestic diva claimed the property tycoon planted on her property.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
Sheehan also starred as a husband and father who opens a daycare center in his home — Julia Louis-Dreyfus was the next-door neighbor — on the 1988-89 NBC sitcom Day by Day, co-created by Gary David Goldberg (Family Ties, Spin City).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2024
The true identity of nosy next-door neighbor Agatha—played to perfection by Kathryn Hahn—was the big reveal of 2021's WandaVision, even inspiring a meta-jingle that went viral.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 July 2024
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