close to

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: almost or nearly

They spent close to half a million dollars on the project.

Our company employs close to a thousand workers.

I haven't seen her in close to a year.

British : from a short distance : close up

She's even more beautiful when seen close to.

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And though Harris rode a wave of summer excitement, some close to her campaign said the team struggled to keep up the momentum into Election Day. —

Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024 The $1 billion spacecraft completed its latest close flyby on Oct. 23, 2024, dipping close to its poles, the first mission to do so. —

Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Leading up to Election Day the race was still seen as too close to predict. —

Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 The fact that its nuclear warheads are so close to Ukraine could, in fact, tempt Russia to conduct a false-flag operation on its own storage sites in order to justify a nuclear attack. —

William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for close to