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as in secrecy
the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret
we tried to penetrate her strange closeness about her domestic life
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as in economy
the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money
rebelled against his parents' closeness with his allowance
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as in accuracy
the quality or state of being very accurate
the body was too decomposed to estimate the time of death with any great closeness
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as in intimacy
the state of being in a very personal or private relationship
the closeness of their relationship was a matter of intense speculation among their coworkers
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as in proximity
the state or condition of being near
we were surprised by the closeness of everything to our downtown loft
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as in carefulness
strict attentiveness to what one is doing
how much you get out of the sermon will depend on the closeness with which you listen to it
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Recent Examples of closeness
Your performance results will depend on your hardware configuration, but the closeness of these results demonstrates that speed isn't a major differentiator.
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PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Avoiding personal disclosure, especially during difficult times, robs the relationship of opportunities for closeness and understanding.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Jessica echoes that conviction, reframing the passage of time not as distance from her son but as closeness.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Their time together gives way to a quiet closeness, shifting a relationship neither of them saw coming.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
The final yardage count (318 for UM, 314 for Notre Dame) reflected the closeness of the game.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Dogs may also follow you from room to room or prefer to sleep near you, seeking warmth, protection, and closeness.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Love doesn’t always mean effortless closeness.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Avoiding personal disclosure, especially during difficult times, robs the relationship of opportunities for closeness and understanding.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Jessica echoes that conviction, reframing the passage of time not as distance from her son but as closeness.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Their time together gives way to a quiet closeness, shifting a relationship neither of them saw coming.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
The final yardage count (318 for UM, 314 for Notre Dame) reflected the closeness of the game.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Dogs may also follow you from room to room or prefer to sleep near you, seeking warmth, protection, and closeness.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Love doesn’t always mean effortless closeness.
—Anna Pulley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closeness
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The secrecy goes beyond a simple lack of disclosure.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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With the benefit of hindsight, agencies would very likely reverse engineer a need for anonymity for police officers whose duties do not actually demand such secrecy.—
Charles Ford Champion,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Trump is a man of many hats Immigration has become the dominant political issue in Britain, eclipsing concerns over a faltering economy, as the country faces a record number of asylum claims.—
Vitalii Yalahuzian,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Added to that, the British economy is sluggish and loaded with debt, and Starmer’s chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has no obvious options for raising revenues in her November budget, having ruled out tax hikes on working people in the election campaign.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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The W4100i is also factory calibrated for color accuracy, achieving a Delta E figure of less than 2.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Sep. 2025
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The new equations provide a strict limit on the accuracy of a clock based on classical physics.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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Instead of conquest, the focus was intimacy—feeling the land under your feet, learning animal tracks, listening to the bush itself.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Your body is full of untapped areas that can enhance pleasure and take intimacy with your partner up a notch.—
Essence,
Essence,
11 Sep. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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In some parts of the continent, such as eastern France, the species still live in proximity to one another.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Valente Bellozo exited Tuesday’s game with right triceps tightness after pitching two scoreless innings.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Ragans still needs one more rehab start on Friday, and Lugo is back throwing after dealing with low back tightness.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Creating a condensate from radioactive atoms has never been achieved, and the experiment would require extreme precision and strict safety measures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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By combining national reach with local precision, technology with design expertise, and execution with vision, Ethosource is setting a new standard for how companies can bring their culture to life through space.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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This goes beyond surface-level familiarity of prompting tactics to include granular understanding of algorithms, data origins and model transparency.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Contractors sometimes lack familiarity with a company’s specific standards or legacy systems.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Closeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closeness. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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