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the superlative that admits you didn't check very far.
means closest in distance, time, or degree — the winner of a race nobody else entered.
from from old english near, itself a comparative of neah meaning close; english kept piling comparatives onto comparatives until nearest became the superlative of an already-comparative word, a grammatical fossil nobody notices.
double comparativenear was already comparative before nearest existed
gps defaultmost apps assume nearest means fastest, not closest
legal fightsnearest exit disputes have shaped building codes