closeness
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The two friends and teammates have developed a closeness that their teammates have noticed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
One can’t possibly grasp the closeness two people share until they’ve experienced firsthand the joy and indescribable pain that come with the kind of enmeshment written in fate’s codex.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Yet her closeness to the 21-year-old Brahms, who rushed to her side and didn’t leave, risked derailing everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
For example, perhaps increased closeness to parents facilitated by smartphones or gentler parenting styles leads young adults in their 20s and early 30s to be more comfortable living with their folks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Uncle Lee hadn’t been out of jail that long, and although he came to the house on more or less a regular basis, I never saw evidence of the closeness between them.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Vocabulary lists containing closeness
"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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