up close
adverb or adjective
: at close range
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To walk is to encounter difference, to share the commons, to witness the city’s inequities up close.
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Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Want to see the full Beaver Moon up close?
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Kevin Durant has seen the NBA’s next generation up close for nearly two decades, but few players have impressed him the way Cooper Flagg has.
—Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Filming and analyzing an explosive eruption up close for hours, while capturing data about its heat, sound, and motion, has historically been tricky and dangerous.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2025
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Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Want to see the full Beaver Moon up close?
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Kevin Durant has seen the NBA’s next generation up close for nearly two decades, but few players have impressed him the way Cooper Flagg has.
—Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Filming and analyzing an explosive eruption up close for hours, while capturing data about its heat, sound, and motion, has historically been tricky and dangerous.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for up close
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“Up close.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20close. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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