"Next best thing" nghĩa là gì?

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"Next best thing" -> nghĩa là lựa chọn gần giống nhất với thứ mình muốn.

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It may not be their most newsworthy move of the offseason, but it may be one of the more significant in the long run. Gio Bernard also may not be James White, but statistically (theo thống kê), he’s the next best thing. Who knows? Perhaps with this supporting cast he can be even better.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recently held their annual meeting virtually (ảo), and according to Wallace Akerley, MD, chairman of the Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee and director of the Lung Cancer Disease Center of Excellence at Huntsman Cancer Institute, “virtual conferences (hội nghị) are kind of the next best thing” compared with the “old style of meeting”.

If pizza is her love language and it doesn’t look like a trip to Italy is in her near feature, then you can surprise her with the next best thing: a Mother’s Day-themed artisanal pizza set. 

Since healthcare professionals are hard to reach, people are resorting (phải dùng đến) to the next best thing, the internet, which is rife with suggestions and recommendations that are sometimes helpful, but most are borderline dangerous.

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