How to Use nowhere near in a Sentence
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This one was nowhere near as easy.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Jan. 2026
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Sadeghi said that’s nowhere near enough.
—Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
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But nowhere near as much as this year.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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But that rain has nowhere near the force that a storm surge can muster.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
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And her fight to protect youth is nowhere near over.
—Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
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This scenario is nowhere near as bleak, of course.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
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Surely, though, things are nowhere near that bad.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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Not good, but nowhere near a worst-case scenario.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
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But the final bill was nowhere near that number.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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But recent reports show that goal is nowhere near.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
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Therefore, the baby crab in the video is nowhere near full size.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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One person is nowhere near enough to be able to do all that work on a game this big.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Cole is nowhere near a finished product.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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Bennett seemed beyond help and nowhere near good.
—Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
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Just a couple of years ago, Jiménez would be nowhere near trade talks.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 29 July 2024
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OpenAI is nowhere near that mark.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
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That’s nowhere near the case for the larger shoe firms in the sector.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
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But the amount is nowhere near enough to meet the needs of Gazans in crisis.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
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To be sure, the US is nowhere near that level.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
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This looks like a classic case of ‘deputy heads must roll’ and that is nowhere near good enough.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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Not to spoil the mood, but the moon and Jupiter are nowhere near each other.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
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The moon and Saturn are nowhere near each other in space.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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That was nowhere near an issue on Friday.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
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The video revealed Grim nowhere near the window blinds.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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Saquon Barkley comes nowhere near his production from last year.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Aid groups have warned of famine and say the aid that has come in is nowhere near enough to meet mounting needs.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
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It’s all added up to something nowhere near good enough, but there’s plenty to work with here.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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The shift away from white protesters was nowhere near as pronounced.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 24 Mar. 2026
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The income gains are nowhere near enough to cover the higher home prices.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
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Both sports have grown, though nowhere near to the level of pickleball.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 July 2025
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