closer
Example Sentences
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The discrepancy makes for a uniquely unnerving experience, especially in a theater with a decent sound system, where every unexpected thud can feel like it’s creeping in closer and closer.
From Salon
The biologist Michael Levin gets closer to the hard problem: The self, he claims, is memory reworking itself as circumstances demand, and consciousness the feeling of being “in charge of constant self-construction.”
One will remain closer to Mars, while the other will travel farther away.
From Science Daily
Steil-Antoni believes things are changing for the better, adding she's "cautiously optimistic" the game will move closer to "some kind of equality in my lifetime".
From BBC
Shares have surged more than 86% in 2026 on the back of federal actions that put it closer to restarting production at the site than it has been in a decade.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
