Distant
Distant adjective - Separated in space or coming from or going to a distance.
Usage example: distant villages
Immediate
Immediate adjective - Not being distant in time, space, or significance.
Usage example: for the victims of the terrorist attack, the incident is as immediate as yesterday's news
Nearby Words: immediately, immediacy
Both words in one sentence
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However, the game usually clears the immediate area around human enemies of any zombies, so the two usually don't interact unless you lure distant zombies towards a group of human enemies.
Source: Video Game / Dying Light - Your Honor, I hereby move that they be found guilty not only of neglectful actions to their distant descendants but also guilty of neglectful actions to their immediate descendants as well.
Source: Neglectful Precursors -
This is especially true when one compares the whole chapters devoted to modern Man and his immediate descendants to the single-paragraph mentions of the distant ones.
Source: Literature / Last and First Men
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