not far

Example Sentences

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I’ve seen community health workers in action in Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Malawi, among many others, as well as in Congo’s Ituri province, not far from the town where this current outbreak occurred.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

We end up not far from where Didion grew up, in a small city outside of Sacramento that I’ve never been to or even seen on a map, in the state’s agricultural Central Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“Normal” cumulative breadth — the mere running sum of daily advances minus declines — has not yet made a new all-time high, although it is not far from doing so.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Although the art form seems inexhaustibly popular—the biggest hit of the year so far is Universal’s “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” with Disney-Pixar’s “Hoppers” not far behind—it remains risk-averse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Jefferson was not far off; he was watching from a nearby hilltop as Virginia’s capital fell.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis