closest
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Elections are the closest thing to a civic sacrament in a secular, democratic state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Her voice is now the closest since the surgery to how it was before.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
He’s at 75 sacks in 22 regular-season games, and the next closest is New England’s Drake Maye at 60.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
“Other Mommy” comes closest to outright blaming its central maternal figure for all the bad things that happen in her home.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 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
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