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"are more closely" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is commonly used as part of a comparative phrase to compare two or more things in terms of how closely related they are. Example: "Siblings are more closely genetically related than cousins."
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"Birds are more closely related to dinosaurs".
Economic and political power are more closely wed than ever.
Its mistakes are more closely and gleefully scrutinised than most.
After all, few industries are more closely regulated than energy.
They are more closely related to grasshoppers than crickets.
Molecular analyses suggest that peanut worms are more closely related to mollusks, and spoonworms are more closely related to annelids.
Marmoset twins are more closely related because they have more genes in common.
They also believe the skills are more closely related to school success than I. Q
"But now there's less capacity, because airlines are more closely matching seat demand to capacity".
Crucially, sister ants are more closely related to one another than to their own offspring.
African and Asian elephants are more closely related to the woolly mammoth than to each other.
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