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• And that’s just nowhere near the case with Fab or the Epic Games Store.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023
• But the amount is nowhere near enough to meet the needs of Gazans in crisis.
  — Simmone Shah, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
• But that rain has nowhere near the force that a storm surge can muster.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
• Not to spoil the mood, but the moon and Jupiter are nowhere near each other.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
• The rest of the world, on a relative basis, is nowhere near the strength of the US.
  — Joel Shulman, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• My worst month was nowhere near as bad as his best day.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2023
• This, of course, is nowhere near Bieber's first hand tattoo.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Dec. 2023
• Just a couple of years ago, Jiménez would be nowhere near trade talks.
  — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 29 July 2024
• Biden, as of now, plans to be nowhere near the Granite State next winter.
  — Ross Barkan, New York Times, 5 July 2023
• That’s nowhere near enough time for researchers to see, in the data, what the AMOC is truly up to.
  — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
• The two sides are deeply entrenched and nowhere near reaching a deal to avert a shutdown.
  — Stephen Groves, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
• But Nemo isn’t creepy, Pikachu doesn’t give you the willies, and Big Bird is nowhere near the precipice of the uncanny valley.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
• What comes next: Europe is nowhere near a crisis on that scale.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 13 June 2023
• My train car was nowhere near full — just me, the hiking couple, and a few cyclists.
  — Kimberley Lovato, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
• While that equals the lunar distance from the Earth, the moon was nowhere near its position at that point.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
• Biden doubtless would have preferred to come nowhere near Trump.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
• My strategy was nowhere near as good as Cory's, and Cory's at the prime of his career in The Challenge.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
• But prices for these subscriptions have been nowhere near those Match is now noodling.
  — Laura Forman, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2023
• That’s on the border with Russia, but nowhere near the current fighting.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
• This latest attack killed at least six Ukrainians, five of whom were at home and nowhere near the front line.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2023
• But the technology is nowhere near ready for prime time.
  — Elie Dolgin, Discover Magazine, 26 Apr. 2023
• Dnipro, a large city in central Ukraine, is nowhere near the front lines and yet the conflict is felt here on a daily basis.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
• In several cases, records and videos show, the gun fired when a victim’s hand was nowhere near it.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• As the day wound down and the last oddballs in full ghillie suits and neon green kilts stumbled off the distillery grounds, the sun was still nowhere near setting.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 July 2023
• The labor market’s cool-down has been nowhere near enough to signal that a recession is on the way.
  — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
• Povich then walked Miguel Andujar on six pitches, the four balls also nowhere near the zone.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
• Studies show that violent crime is nowhere near the levels of the 1990s and that more guns merely equal more death.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• And Payne himself has said his team — while nowhere near good enough — is getting better.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2023
• The bourbon was bottled at cask strength of 118.8 proof, which is strong but nowhere near hazmat level (thankfully).
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2024
• Braun has nowhere near the name recognition or star power of Anthony Edwards.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024