proximity
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Mukherjee said the proximity of the statue to a busy road and a subway make the statue's removal "easier said than done," but that they plan to "remove the statue at the earliest opportunity."
From BBC • May 27, 2026
But even people who don’t mean to hurt capybaras can still do harm to them, an unfortunate side effect of them living in such proximity to humans.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The bigger story: China’s consumer internet is being reorganized around proximity.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
“Those efforts are succeeding and it’s giving us opportunity to reconsider engaging in close proximity to implement some of the concepts...to mitigate this thing,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
But despite the relative proximity of the bus to civilization, for all practical purposes McCandless was cut off from the rest of the world.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing proximity
The Great Gatsby
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