near
Example Sentences
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For days, investigators appeared to have little to go on, releasing images of a person of interest and an individual who was seen standing near that person in an effort to trace them.
From Barron's
A sister token called Luna also plummeted to near zero within days of the depeg.
The charity One Kind claims it recorded evidence of reindeer in psychological distress at the Merry Milngavie Christmas parade near Glasgow and at other events last year.
From BBC
Behind her, near family photos and decorative bowls of candy, sat a sign that read, “IF NOT NOW, WHEN?”
These improvements didn’t improve anywhere near so thoroughly as the borax man promised.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
