MacBook Air USB ports too close for adapters

You could try replacing one or both of those adapters with an Apple – USB-C to USB Adapter . That one has a short cable between the USB-C plug and the USB-A socket. So it doesn't need as much space on either side of a USB-C port as the more "chunky" adapters in your photo.

Depending on the device that you are trying to connect, another possibility might be to get a cable that has USB-C, instead of USB-A, on the end. E.g., many portable USB hard drives have Micro USB 3.0 B sockets, and are bundled with Micro USB 3.0 B to USB-A cables. You can get Micro USB 3.0 B to USB-C cables.

Small-body adapters on my Macbook Pro, which appears to have the same port spacing as your Macbook Air:

The style of adapters you show were intended for larger form factor devices like desktop computers that commonly have this vertical arrangement:

Get thinner adapters or a dock with wider spaced ports.