anything near

idiom

: in any way : at all
used in negative statements
The movie wasn't anything near what I expected it to be.
We don't have anything near enough time.

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Alexander did so without anything near the stuff of his rotation-mates. Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025 Ripping up through gears at anything near full throttle, on the other hand, produces the kind of acceleration typically reserved for high-performance EVs these days. Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 When the records were examined, it was found that the detectors had been triggered by occasional bursts of gamma rays, but that the source could not possibly be anything near Earth. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2025 Presently, the chattering class is outraged that a Trump government dismissal of Adams’ criminal case, without prejudice, will jeopardize NYC, believing Adams will rollover for President Trump on anything near and dear to Trump. Arnold Kriss, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for anything near

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“Anything near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anything%20near. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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