nearest

Example Sentences

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Shipments to the U.S. were up 4.8% and imports from Canada’s nearest neighbor rose 1.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

For the stocks listed in this table, that would mean buying the straddles expiring on June 12, or the next nearest date if that expiration date not exist for a particular stock.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

That facility would have been less than 500 feet away from the nearest home, and would have used three times the electricity of the entire 60,000-person city.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Amazon now controls roughly four out of every 10 dollars Americans spend online – more than four times the share of its nearest competitor.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

She ran over and grabbed a fat green marker from the nearest table and came back to scribble out most of the letters on Maximilian’s name tag.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix