closest

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"It's the closest thing we have to controlling the boundary of the quantum world," said Kamal Oudrhiri, project manager of Cold Atom Lab at JPL, referring to those low temperatures.

From Science Daily • Jun. 23, 2026

“My family knew and my closest friends knew,” he told Rolling Stone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

“NLight is closest to being exclusively military,” Cupps said, ”because its primary product is directed energy, a high-powered laser, but they can also apply the laser to space-based communication.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

"I feel ashamed. I didn't even tell my family or my closest friends what happened," Cookie says.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

He came to rest at the lamppost closest to the guards.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell