up close
adverb or adjective
: at close range
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Vista Verde Guest Ranch brings travelers up close to the rugged beauty of the Colorado Rockies.
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Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
All ages can meet some of the center’s saltwater animal ambassadors up close.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
Video As a bonus, the sun is currently at its most active state, known as the solar maximum, raising the odds that the probe will witness spectacular pyrotechnics up close.
—Becky Ferreira, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Scientists are keen to observe the corona up close because researchers have long puzzled over why the outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than the star’s surface.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2024
All ages can meet some of the center’s saltwater animal ambassadors up close.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
Video As a bonus, the sun is currently at its most active state, known as the solar maximum, raising the odds that the probe will witness spectacular pyrotechnics up close.
—Becky Ferreira, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Scientists are keen to observe the corona up close because researchers have long puzzled over why the outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere is hundreds of times hotter than the star’s surface.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Up close.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20close. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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