to the nearest
idiom
—used to indicate the number of pounds, dollars, etc., that is closest to a slightly higher or lower number or amount
What is the weight of your baggage to the nearest pound?
$13.75 rounded up to the nearest dollar is $14.
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If costs rise, the increase is rounded to the nearest 10th of a percent and applied as the new COLA.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The off-field earnings estimates are determined through conversations with industry insiders and are rounded to the nearest $1 million.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Below is the list of Brauer's top five picks of new vehicles and the starting price for each model using the base trim and adding roughly $1,200 for destination charge to get to the nearest $1,000 round figure.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
With a shortlist of the most compelling targets, future missions could even dispatch probes to the nearest candidates, eventually returning images of a rocky surface and, perhaps, hints of a living world.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The off-field earnings estimates are determined through conversations with industry insiders and are rounded to the nearest $1 million.
—Brett Knight, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Below is the list of Brauer's top five picks of new vehicles and the starting price for each model using the base trim and adding roughly $1,200 for destination charge to get to the nearest $1,000 round figure.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
With a shortlist of the most compelling targets, future missions could even dispatch probes to the nearest candidates, eventually returning images of a rocky surface and, perhaps, hints of a living world.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to the nearest
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“To the nearest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20nearest. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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