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PROXIMATE
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The answer PROXIMATE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
PROXIMATE as an adjective:
1. closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals"
2. very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"