Additionally, Ir is used as a source of gamma radiation for the treatment of cancer using brachytherapy, a form of radiotherapy where a sealed radioactive source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment.

Doner kebabs in Sydney and Melbourne can be served with all the ingredients placed onto or next to the pita bread on a plate, or more commonly, with the ingredients rolled into the pita bread in the form of a "wrap".

Furthermore, because the radiation sources are placed in or next to the target tumour, the sources maintain their position in relation to the tumour when the patient moves or if there is any movement of the tumour within the body.

The grave goods, usually placed in the graves next to or above the dead, are varied and sometimes in earthen containers.

Bakestones are flat stones that can be placed on or next to a fire or stove to cook cakes of various kinds.

In the Persian Gulf war of 1991, American and allied intelligence services concluded that important Government installations were sometimes placed in or next to hospitals, schools and the like.

Brachytherapy, in which a radiation source is placed inside or next to the area requiring treatment, is another form of radiation therapy that minimizes exposure to healthy tissue during procedures to treat cancers of the breast, prostate and other organs.

The treaty obligates combatants not to target cultural sites and monuments except where military installations have been placed on or next to them.

Sometimes the slurry is placed in an intermediary holding tank under or next to the barns before it is deposited in a lagoon.