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Officials pay closest attention to core PCE, which strips out food and energy, whose price swings are often unrelated to the underlying economy.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

If our closest animal relatives aren’t helpful models, what is a human family supposed to look like?

From Slate • May 10, 2026

It’s ironic because my wife, her dream trip is to go to Iceland the country, and the closest we’re getting to that right now is an ice-skating rink.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The widely-tracked Russell 1000 is the closest to a pure measure of the top companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

In the doorway of my assigned room on the third floor I could see the dim outline of a body in the bed closest to the door and an empty bed closer to the window.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse