nearest

Example Sentences

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The nearest suitable cinema involved a 140-mile round trip.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 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

The facility would have sat less than 500 feet away from the nearest home and used three times the electricity of the 60,000-person, predominantly Asian American city.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Its Emmett shop, more than a mile from the nearest coal-processing plant and several miles from any extraction site, is where its trucks get their oil changed and their brakes fixed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

She made it to the nearest trolley platform, bypassing the elevator and taking the winding staircase up to wait, then pulled a rope overhead.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton