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Adjacent to, as in The car next to mine has a flat tire , [Late 1300s]
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Following in order or degree, as in Next to skiing, she likes hiking . [Early 1500s]
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Almost, practically, as in It's next to impossible to predict the outcome , or I earned next to nothing last year . [Second half of 1600s]
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His teammates, who are lined up next to him on the court, mostly remain standing with minimal movement.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
CoreWeave may be swimming next to the shore, for all we know.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
A photo of him with Travis Barker hangs next to a framed Billboard plaque on a nightstand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Simple shrub clearing and mulch raking can cost next to nothing, but at Yardzen, an average full landscape redesign is around $50,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The woman next to me at the relay bench was an intense Communist woman named Floor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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