closest

Example Sentences

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China is the closest thing to a quick fix for the chip shortage, but the solution is at best partial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Pulisic is the closest thing to an irreplaceable player the U.S. has, so if he is unable to go, Pochettino has few good options to replace him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

I’ve tried for a year to get some of my closest acquaintances to understand why this song is so great, why I find it so bizarrely beautiful, but few do.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

These wave packets, called coherent states, are the closest quantum equivalents to classical motion.

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

Since then he and I have settled into an unstated pact to ask and tell each other absolutely nothing of importance, and that is why, bizarrely, Theo is what would count as my closest friend.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse