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as in equidistant
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as in closest
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nearest
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In his Kurdish-majority town (equidistant from large cities Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır, also with large Kurdish populations), Eyüp works at a tomato harvesting farm, gathering and salting heaps of the crimson fruit under the baking sun.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
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Guehi then passes the ball into the space behind Villa’s midfield, to a point that is equidistant from their centre-backs, which helps Mateta drop to receive it because Torres and Carlos are unsure who has to move up to defend the centre-forward.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The moon's path during a total lunar eclipse The Earth's shadow will cover the entire moon's surface at the center of the umbra, the deepest, innermost part of the shadow.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The film’s non-judgmental narration — read by Jacek Zubiel — comments on the characters’ innermost thoughts along the way, adding to the general patina of narcissism without pointing fingers or placing blame.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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At around the same time, a tall, college-aged man carrying a black backpack made his way up the stairwell of the nearby Losee Center, a four-story concrete building that houses the student welcome center, among other things.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In Chicago, the heroine, Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger), envisions herself in musical numbers, a vibrant inner fantasy come to life.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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One of the fundamental threats to (or from) contemporary culture, then, is the absolute suffocation and depletion of inner life, a massification that stupefies and typifies.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In round 2, shown on the right panel, the testing contingency remains the same except for the addition of a social facilitator bird in the adjacent room of the control subject, who sits on the perch passively without performing any action.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Not long ago, Barbara Starr, who gardens in the San Fernando Valley, sent me a picture of dozens of seedlings that were growing adjacent to her back wall.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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While on the road - Opt for the middle lanes and remain on higher ground.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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Your mind might immediately go to the early-years Redford, or the heyday Redford of the 1970s, or even the middle-aged Redford who gave projects a sense of gravitas.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 Sep. 2025
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The map above shows the evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Following an approximate 15-minute break, in which the Boise State players took knees on their sideline while the Eastern Washington players surrounded Taylor, he was stretchered off the field in a neck brace to applause from the fans.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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Her go-to hairstylist, Mark Townsend, definitely leaned more bombshell than girl-next-door for this look.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
12 Sep. 2025
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Two anime fans in New Delhi and São Paolo might have more in common with each other than their next-door neighbors.—
Kian Bakhtiari,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Nearest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nearest. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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