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Adjective
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For example, a weather app may need approximate location data, but a flashlight app does not.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
25 Jan. 2025 -
One study reported these approximate percentages of live births by age after tubal ligation reversal: 74% in people aged 27 to 35 48% in people aged 36 to 39 53% in people aged 40 to 42 27% in people aged 43 to 47 Multiple factors will determine the success of tubal ligation reversal.—
Corey Whelan,
Verywell Health,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That’s adjacent to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and north-northeast of the Nantahala National Forest.—
Alan Wooten | The Center Square,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Jan. 2025
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The finals used to be held at Madison Square Garden but have found a nice niche at the Nike Armory in Washington Heights, which is also the home of the National Track and Field Hall of Fame and adjacent to Columbia Presbyterian hospital.—
Tony Paige,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Close's sister, Jessie, lives in the home next-door, and her sister, Tina, lives in a property nearby.—
Janelle Ash,
Fox News,
20 Jan. 2025
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One home on a street may have been given a disaster-defense checkup thanks to a town grant, but its next-door neighbor, just over the town line, may sit there just as vulnerable, and therefore dangerous, as ever.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The State Department’s Extended Continental Shelf Project works out of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration building in Boulder, Colorado, some 800 miles from the nearest ocean.—
Jack Truesdale,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2025
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He’s gone nine games without a point, leaving him with just 38 points in 48 games — a paltry 65-point pace that would be a near 10-point drop from last season.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There was no immediate word on casualties or the cause of the collision.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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There was no immediate word on the cause of the collision, but all takeoffs and landings from the airport were halted as dive teams scoured the site and helicopters from law enforcement agencies across the region flew over the scene in a methodical search for bodies.—
LOLITA C. BALDOR,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Closest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closest. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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