Sentence examples for nearest world from inspiring English sources

(By "nearest world in which..."....

We need now to consider the nearest world to w in which Reagan does not win.

In the nearest world in which it rains, I don't take my umbrella.

To assess (5), we need to consider the nearest world in which a Republican wins (call it w), and ask whether the conditional consequent is true at w.

For instance, the following is possible: in the nearest possible world in which you strike the match, it lights; in the nearest world in which you dip the match in water and strike it, it doesn't light.

But "A or B, therefore ~A>B" is not: it can be true that Ann or Mary cooked the dinner (for Ann cooked it); yet false that in the nearest world to the actual world in which Ann did not cook it, Mary cooked it.

So in fact the nearest worlds are ones where a nuclear war occurs, and (3.5) is true.

The French won in near world record time.

Both teams were keen, but nowhere near World Cup level, my usual standard for watching soccer.

By 1900, Delaware had a near world monopoly on vulcanized fiber.

Pupils themselves are very clear about why they need to study religions; first, so they can understand the world they live in, both the nearer world of their own neighbourhoods and the greater global world.