closer

Example Sentences

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"It's especially exciting to have described an early diverging caenophidian snake, as there's not that much evidence about how they emerged. Paradoxophidion brings us closer to understanding how this happened."

From Science Daily

"Coming to Australia is very special to us now. We feel closer to him out here at Christmas than we would at home."

From BBC

The increase in aggressive breast cancer cases -- particularly hard-to-treat subtypes like triple-negative breast cancer -- has prompted scientists to take a closer look at environmental influences that may be contributing to these trends.

From Science Daily

The closer the boat - operated by Cape Town Pelagics, a non-profit organisation - gets to the fishing vessels, the more seabirds appear.

From BBC

But a Cardiff-based company is a step closer to making this a reality.

From BBC