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View definitions for close-by

close-by

adjective as in adjacent

adjective as in handy

adjective as in nearby

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"We don't have a close-by beach to go to," the 20-year-old says.

From BBC

A spokesperson for the Indian Air Force told Reuters that it will "deploy comprehensive measures for integrated aerospace defence in the Delhi and close-by areas."

From Reuters

Locals have taken to praying by the sports center in the close-by city of Crotone, where coffins sit, waiting for burial.

Other close-by trails wend past waterfalls, huge Douglas fir trees in this Valley of the Giants and what’s been called the world’s largest Sitka spruce.

“The most intense area of drought is centered in northern Montgomery and Frederick Counties, Md., with a very strong gradient seen to very wet areas in close-by D.C.,”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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