TOEFL READING About the closest any research has come to supporting the tiredness theory is to confirm that adults yawn more often on weekdays than at weekends. I know the meaning of the sentence abo

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TOEFL READING About the closest any research has come to supporting the tiredness theory is to confirm that adults yawn more often on weekdays than at weekends. I know the meaning of the sentence above, but i don't understand why "about the closest" being put here. can anyone help me to reorganise the sentence to a relatively normal structure? thx!!!

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It's a superlative. In this sentence you do need it there.

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