proximate

Example Sentences

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With investors already fearful about the more proximate risks posed by the hundreds of billions being spent on AI, this vision of the future spooked the markets further.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The proximate causes at times seem minor relative to the reactions they’ve provoked in the market.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

In each case, what might have otherwise been viewed as a minor offense was taken seriously because the actors were proximate to those in power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

Thusly "The Morning Show" reconnects with our timeline, or perhaps a more proximate past than the second season's pandemic storyline which in late 2021 still felt dated.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2023

The combination of government and religion has thus functioned, together with germs, writing, and technology, as one of the four main sets of proximate agents leading to history’s broadest pattern.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond