How to Use close-in in a Sentence
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Filming will be happening close-in to Portland, Rosko says.
—Kturnqui, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
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Delta says the extra service at the close-in airport will drive down fares for visitors to the nation’s capital.
—Wire Services, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
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Like many small, rocky planets orbiting close-in around red dwarf stars like Trappist-1, this world is expected to be tidally locked just like the moon is to Earth.
—Eric MacK, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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Thus, any earthlike planet close-in to the star could actually be detected.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
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In all but highly unusual circumstances, yields on long-term Treasuries far exceed those on close-in maturities.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 June 2023
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But, Southwest said, the holiday headaches highlighted how the airline's systems were unable to cope with a high volume of close-in cancellations, which was a major factor behind the meltdown.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2023
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Larkspur Capital has a track record of building apartments and townhomes in several close-in Dallas neighborhoods.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 2 May 2023
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Story continues below advertisement Advertisement All of the men now live in Washington or its close-in suburbs.
—Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
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In the San Francisco Bay Area, the communities with relatively high increases in housing in our study tended to be at the urban fringe, while many close-in suburbs had stagnant housing development or even a decline in units.
—Paul G. Lewis, Fortune, 10 July 2023
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