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This suggests that many of these close-in planets may have already been destroyed.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
“As always we expect a conservative initial view from Carnival with close-in demand and onboard spending being swing factors on how the quarter unfolds,” he added.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
One new program offers a credit of up to $250,000 on Portland’s business license tax for employers that sign a new lease downtown or in other close-in neighborhoods.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024
Much of the movie’s three-hour running time is spent close-in on the faces of star Cillian Murphy and others.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
Then she found Myers Park, a prosperous, close-in community of 8,700 where most of the houses are more than sixty years old and ten minutes from downtown.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
