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proximity

[prok-sim-i-tee] / prɒkˈsɪm ɪ ti /


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The British Navy’s marine-traffic monitoring agency, UKMTO, reported that on late Sunday the master of a tanker 20 nautical miles northeast of Oman reported hearing an explosion in close proximity to the vessel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Given the proximity to Hsueh’s previous $4,600 target, he’s sticking with his prediction for now.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

The mayor also asked the council to approve a moratorium on large cold storage facilities within close proximity of residential neighborhoods and sensitive uses, such as parks and schools.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

She added that the proximity of the blaze left her "kind of nervous".

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

With so many Persians gathered in such close proximity, it was inevitable they would reach critical mass and ignite a game of Rook.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

Dickens’s readers balk at his use of caricature and coincidence, but as Mr. Keefe shows, both are appropriate for a money-mad city full of affluence and anonymity, weird proximities and sudden death.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

A mathematical model that could predict the speeds and proximities for electrons jumping into the ion would thus have to keep track of all those interactions simultaneously.

From Scientific American Sep. 2, 2021

The close proximities, the swapped sweat, faces inches apart when they’re not pressed together, all of it certainly seems like a risk during a global pandemic with a highly contagious virus.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2021

At its best, his novel not only exults in the historical synchronicities and proximities he has discovered but catches the reader up in its rapture.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2019

I do not mean mere proximities and easy comradeships and muddled alliances; there are plenty of frank and pleasant companionships about of a solid kind.

From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher




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