proximal

Example Sentences

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"We have had to work really hard at this, working at a flat economy where the true value is the connection between the people, and the wealth is the connections forged between proximal neighbors."

From Salon

The alternative is not that people do not make the choice but rather that intraindividual and external factors, some remote and some proximal, come together to prompt the deadly act.

From Washington Post

Fourteen-year-old Gianna was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency, a condition affecting the femur bone that typically results in one leg being shorter than another.

From Los Angeles Times

"And that's one of the proximal mechanisms for woodland caribou decline."

From Salon

But severe malaria accounts for up to half of malaria deaths and is considered “a reliable proximal indicator of mortality,” said Dr. Mary Hamel, who leads the W.H.O.’s malaria vaccine implementation program.

From New York Times