closest
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For evolutionary science, they show why we must check our closest relatives before assuming a specific, or unique, cultural explanation.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
SpaceX on Monday offered the closest look yet into its plans to eventually operate data centers in space, a technology it’s billed as central to its future.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The next closest candidate there was Adam Miller at 14%.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Such assertions do not reflect the realities of modern Korea and risk undermining confidence in one of America’s closest allies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
And thus began the closest, most joyous weeks of all the time in Ravensbruck.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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