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Adjective
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She and fiancé Travis Kelce have been documented visiting nearby Carmel, but MacDonald said the aquarium is not aware of the couple having been in their shop.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025 -
Douglass' biography on the Vermont legislature website states he was born in Newport City and moved around throughout his childhood, living in the nearby towns of Jay and North Troy.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The approximate zone boundaries are Main Drive to the north, Salem Road to the west, Wedington Drive to the south and Gregg Avenue to the east.—
Edward McKinnon,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
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With an approximate seating capacity of 18,000 for hockey, the size isn’t an issue.—
Mac Engel
October 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The affected building is adjacent to UC's campus.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Oct. 2025
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The King Salman Gate in Mecca will cover 12 million square meters including prayer areas, residential units, hotels, and shops adjacent to the Grand Mosque as part of plans to expand religious tourism.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The mansion next door Lutnick, a former chairman of finance giant Cantor Fitzgerald, was once Epstein’s next-door neighbor.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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The family soon realizes that the ghosts of the previous tenants (and their victims) live on in the house, while next-door neighbor Constance Langdon (Jessica Lange in an Emmy-winning performance) has an agenda of her own.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the near future, an algorithm has taken over the justice system, in addition to much of life in an unnamed country.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
15 Oct. 2025
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There are hopes of building news businesses in the near future.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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That was punctuated by the incident in Dubai, which Raducanu said left her struggling to breathe properly in the immediate aftermath.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Young Republican National Federation called for the immediate resignations of leaders in the organization exposed in a Politico story to have sent racist, antisemitic and other derogatory text messages to one another in a private chat.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Closest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closest. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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