Nearest
Nearest adverb - (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance.
Both words in one sentence
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In Connie Willis's stories, the time machine sends you not to your target time-and-place but to the nearest point such that your actions will not change history.
Source: Timey-Wimey Ball -
The first time was in order to black out and heal, and thus save himself from having to navigate past the ledge just outside the nearest Pokemon Center.
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This is how Merlin's time machine appears in Arthur, King of Time and Space; a heavy wooden door in the nearest available wall.
Source: Portal Door
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