anything near

idiom

: in any way : at all
used in negative statements
The movie wasn't anything near what I expected it to be.
We don't have anything near enough time.

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There was nothing the editors could do to make this match look anything near close. Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024 Even with a lower multiple, anything near 20 is reflective of an expanding economy, not a contracting economy, so that would also be wrong in the event of a recession. Bob Pisani, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024 While there has been progress over the past decade to diversify boards, that progress hasn’t achieved anything near parity. Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 10 June 2024 The invasion of 100,000 of these vehicles has been accomplished without paying anything near what the yellows have had to pay. Lucius Riccio, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for anything near 

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“Anything near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20near. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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