Nearest and Recent

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Nearest adverb - (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance.

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Recent and nearest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective "Nearest".

Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.

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Nearest and recent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nearest" instead an adjective "Recent".

Nearby Words: recently, recency

After a person who has paid for resurrection dies, a new body is replicated in the nearest aTan facility from the most recent matrix in the aTan database.

Source: Literature / Line of Delirium
Early starters get desktop machines while the recent arrivals can brandish iPods◊ that draw their power from the nearest star, automatically receive updates, come with the iSpell feature for keeping track of your magic and play good music.

Source: Magitek
The legacy remains, though — a recent proposal by a commission to pay the nearest relatives of all casualties a compensation of £12,000 led to outrage.

Source: Useful Notes / The Troubles

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