How to Use kitty-corner in a Sentence
kitty-corner
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The public forum sits kitty-corner from the Northbrook Metra station.
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Phil Rockrohr,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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That’s a concern to Ehren Joseph, who lives kitty-corner to the property along Harrison.
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Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
6 Oct. 2026
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Meanwhile, in the shopping center kitty-corner, a hundred or more loyalists stood in line to support Stan’s Donuts, a South Bay institution.
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Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
31 July 2026
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The store, which is kitty-corner to an Albertsons supermarket, was built by Safeway in 1950 with a Marina-style rounded roof.
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Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Aug. 2025
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The low-income apartments will sit kitty-corner to the Townes at Kennedy-King, a recent townhome development by Onyx+East along the growing 22nd Street corridor.
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Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
18 Aug. 2025
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Set the scene As befitting the city’s showpiece, the Empress occupies what’s arguably the best spot in Victoria, overlooking the Inner Harbor and kitty-corner to the British Columbia Parliament Buildings.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
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The Fontainebleau Las Vegas anchors the northern end of the Strip, directly adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall expansion and kitty-corner to the Resorts World complex.
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Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Dec. 2023
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Before that, going back to 1953, the Chicago Greyhound terminal was located at Clark and Randolph streets in the Loo p— at the current site of the Grant Thornton Tower, across the street from the Daley Center and the Thompson Center, and kitty-corner from the City Hall-County Building complex.
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Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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