As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
PROXIME
Prox"ime, a. Etym: [L. proximus. See Proximate.]
Definition: Next; immediately preceding or following. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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18 May 2025
OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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