proximal

Example Sentences

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The 24-year-old Madrigal has a proximal tear of his right hamstring, and White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said the team is exploring options for treatment.

From Seattle Times

The potential dark side of the goal gradient is that when we’re really focused on the proximal goal, it can make us shortsighted, just like the students.

From Scientific American

By transforming this co-evolutionary information into a matrix known as a binary contact map, which encodes which residues are proximal, the set of conformations that merit consideration by algorithmic searches can be restricted.

From Nature

His success this go-round might be proximal, but it’s also easier to handle.

From Washington Post

Step-parents have a bad name - and not just in fairytales – as people who are extremely proximal but not necessarily loving.

From The Guardian