xpath nearest element to a given element

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hi, having trouble returning an element using xpath.. i need to get the text from the 2nd TD..

<tr> <td> <label for="PropertyA">Some text here </label> </td> <td> TEXT!! </td> </tr>

i'm able to find the label element but then im having trouble selecting the td following to return the text.

this is how i select the label:

"//label[@for='PropertyA']"

thanks

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