Proximity

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"Proximity" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.

What the fuck are you up to taking advantage of his proximity to cling to him like a wet T-shirt?!

The big change is the proximity to death.

Basically, distance is not an obstacle (on the other hand, how often proximity is one) to reach.

Just because we can't be in proximity to each other doesn't mean that we can't be actually communicating with each other.

They want to build a hotel in proximity to the beach.

On certain large planets, whose climates, owing to the proximity of a violent sun, were very much hotter than our tropics, we sometimes found an intelligent fish-like race. It was bewildering to us to discover that a submarine world could rise to mentality of human rank, and to that drama of the spirit, which we had now so often encountered.

Because of its proximity to Jupiter, Europa is subject to impacts with space debris and intense electron radiation generated by the planet. Each of these impacts can stir up the surface of the moon.

Ziri came in proximity of Rima's dog.

The space probe Lucy is expected to arrive in 2025 to the proximity of the asteroid Donaldjohanson.

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The proximity of the heat source allowed it to be detected by the sensor.

You and I live in close proximity.

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