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.
Examples of to the nearest in a Sentence
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Trump departs rally for local hospital Trump's black SUV departs Butler Farms and takes him to the nearest hospital, Butler Memorial Hospital, approximately 11 miles away.
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 July 2024
She was rushed to the nearest hospital, where she was stabilized and later transferred to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
If a category only has eight to 19 entrants submit for consideration, the formula to determine how many nomination slots is: divide the number of total submissions by four, and then round to the nearest whole number.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 24 July 2024
An operator instructed them to head to the nearest police station.
—Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 July 2024
She was rushed to the nearest hospital, where she was stabilized and later transferred to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
—Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
If a category only has eight to 19 entrants submit for consideration, the formula to determine how many nomination slots is: divide the number of total submissions by four, and then round to the nearest whole number.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 24 July 2024
An operator instructed them to head to the nearest police station.
—Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 14 July 2024
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“To the nearest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20nearest. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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