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My thing for today is a process for choosing a series of words where the first and last words are antonyms (they mean the opposite thing) and each word between them is a synonym (they have a similar meaning). The “distance” refers to how many synonyms you must choose before reaching the antonym. I’ve never heard of this before, so I’ll assume I’m inventing it here.

Without further ado, the synonym/antonym sequence for “dynamic” and “static” (s/a distance of 8):

1. Dynamic
2. Vital
3. Essential
4. Intrinsic
5. Indelible
6. Permanent
7. Stable
8. Static

I used the built-in Apple Dictionary program to choose these, but I’m assuming it would work similarly with other references. I’m curious which words might produce the shortest distances.