closest
Example Sentences
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"The blue face Leicester fleece, which is our closest to the merino, that will go into knitwear like men's suits."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
And its defense team, anchored by the First Amendment firm Ballard Spahr, has used that obligation to go straight at the people closest to Trump on Jan. 6.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Their closest living populations are now nearly 2,500 km away in southern Mexico, indicating that the species once occupied a dramatically different geographic range.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Residents in Nagekeo, the area closest to the epicentre, raced for higher ground as the sea retreated earlier Saturday -- a possible sign of an approaching tsunami, AFP journalists witnessed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Upper Tyson and Clarksville were the two closest suburbs.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
