closest

Example Sentences

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The next closest candidate there was Adam Miller at 14%.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

It was the closest strike to the capital since the partial ceasefire was announced.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The third-placed candidate Paloma Valencia, a conservative, has thrown her support behind the right-wing showman, putting him in pole position to become the next president of one of Washington's closest South American allies.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

This, she says, is how decisions work in the Biden household—despite being one of her husband’s closest advisers, someone who sat in on key political strategy meetings and the vetting of his vice presidential candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Then the bird closest to the berries in each row would take a berry carefully and hold it out to the bird next to him in his beak.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen