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Adjective
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Target's corporate website doesn't list opening dates for the new stores, but does reveal the approximate size of each new location.—
Chris Sims,
The Courier-Journal,
14 July 2025 -
The Associated Press has assembled an approximate timeline of the events before, during and after the deadly flash flood from sources including state and local documents, social media posts, firsthand accounts and scanner traffic archived on Broadcastify.—
HANNAH FINGERHUT,
Chicago Tribune,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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The Beak and Barrel will be adjacent to the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in Adventureland and serve drinks and food to hungry swashbucklers and their crews.—
Megan duBois,
Southern Living,
14 July 2025
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Today, Murph is adjacent to contemporary country music, has collaborated with many of the genre’s contemporary hitmakers, and, like Morgan Wallen and Jelly Roll, is a white Southern artist singing music that borrows heavily from Black forms like R&B and sonic innovations like trap drums.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Roughly five minutes later, the car could be seen on the next-door neighbor’s surveillance camera.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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The tearoom sits next-door to sister restaurant Max and Tilly's, a gastropub that opened last fall specializing in fish and chips and other British fare.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Lists in hand and kids in tow, parents flock to their nearest Staples or Walmart or Target looking to grab those notebooks, binders and colored pencils that line the list.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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The nearest one is probably 10 kilometers upstream, then another about 20 kilometers and the furthest around 40.—
Michael Sullivan,
NPR,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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Business Investment Gets Turbocharged Unlimited bonus depreciation remains intact, allowing immediate expensing of qualifying equipment and improvements.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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In April 2021, Rodriguez-Kennedy said his immediate supervisor told him to take advantage of his position as chair of the county Democratic Party to ensure a favorable outcome for a pending motion.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 July 2025
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“Closest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closest. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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