- superlative of near.
nearest
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“Have a message? Find the nearest traffic camera and talk,” Handala wrote last year on one of its websites, which has since been taken down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Some periodically make the harrowing 25-mile round-trip journey deeper into Russian territory to Radensk, the nearest town where they can buy supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
"But up in the Tallahassee Hills, where the nearest massive Mississippian mound center is located, it's common in all vessels. It's the plain-Jane tempering technique there."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
She used to get motion sick only on their 600-mile drives to France during the school holidays, but now he says even the 30-minute drive to the nearest city makes his daughter feel unwell.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
An old wooden bucket sat in the opposite corner, the one nearest a barred window at the rear of the cell.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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