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as in secrecy
the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret
we tried to penetrate her strange closeness about her domestic life
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as in economy
the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money
rebelled against his parents' closeness with his allowance
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as in accuracy
the quality or state of being very accurate
the body was too decomposed to estimate the time of death with any great closeness
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as in intimacy
the state of being in a very personal or private relationship
the closeness of their relationship was a matter of intense speculation among their coworkers
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as in proximity
the state or condition of being near
we were surprised by the closeness of everything to our downtown loft
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as in carefulness
strict attentiveness to what one is doing
how much you get out of the sermon will depend on the closeness with which you listen to it
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Recent Examples of closeness
Despite their closeness, Sulewski makes a conscious effort not to show Eilish on her channel.
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Grace Smith, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
His closeness to the team leaves them vulnerable to getting lost in the weeds and missing the bigger picture.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
However, closeness and visibility vary.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
As people increasingly turn to AI chatbots for emotional support and life advice, recent incidents have put a spotlight on their potential to feed into delusions and facilitate a false sense of closeness or care.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The researchers found that individuals with higher attachment anxiety, that is people who crave closeness but fear abandonment, reported stronger parasocial relationships with their favorite TV characters.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Your performance results will depend on your hardware configuration, but the closeness of these results demonstrates that speed isn't a major differentiator.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Their time together gives way to a quiet closeness, shifting a relationship neither of them saw coming.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
The final yardage count (318 for UM, 314 for Notre Dame) reflected the closeness of the game.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Grace Smith, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
His closeness to the team leaves them vulnerable to getting lost in the weeds and missing the bigger picture.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
However, closeness and visibility vary.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
As people increasingly turn to AI chatbots for emotional support and life advice, recent incidents have put a spotlight on their potential to feed into delusions and facilitate a false sense of closeness or care.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
The researchers found that individuals with higher attachment anxiety, that is people who crave closeness but fear abandonment, reported stronger parasocial relationships with their favorite TV characters.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Your performance results will depend on your hardware configuration, but the closeness of these results demonstrates that speed isn't a major differentiator.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Their time together gives way to a quiet closeness, shifting a relationship neither of them saw coming.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
The final yardage count (318 for UM, 314 for Notre Dame) reflected the closeness of the game.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closeness
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That could soon change thanks to a new bill that artists hope will remove the barriers and secrecy.—
Meghan Pryce,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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While residents may have not enjoyed the secrecy that came with this development, Million said Microsoft is being cautious.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Shop Downtown Contribute to the local economy and treat yourself to a little retail therapy by checking out the many specialty shops and boutiques that line downtown’s picturesque streets.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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Official economic data currently shows that the American economy is strong and has remained resilient in the face of the White House’s shock-and-awe tariff policies.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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For example, TikTok’s current Community Guidelines prohibit misinformation and work with independent fact-checkers to assess the accuracy of content.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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The results matched core samples, proving the system could identify ore zones with greater accuracy than conventional methods.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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Alex feels welcomed in this new town, but is immediately thrown off kilter by the intimacy among neighbors in Tall Pines.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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Each area offers a sense of intimacy and comfort, with the moodiness of a speakeasy from the terrazzo tabletops to the warm color palette of brass, deep blue and emerald green.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Because of the two storms’ proximity, experts are watching for the possible occurrence of an unusual phenomenon called the Fujiwhara effect.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
26 Sep. 2025
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Just as essential a consideration as carefulness for committee members, though, is speed.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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López departed after four innings and just 61 pitches in the Twins’ 6-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night at Target Field, getting five more outs after the play before leaving with what the Twins called right forearm tightness as a result of the dive.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
20 Sep. 2025
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That plush quality leads you to expect a certain tightness of performance that this Galas hasn’t yet achieved.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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Its structure allows researchers to switch between two magnetic states with precision.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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This critical series cinematically captures the horrific terrorism that stunned the world on October 7 with harrowing precision and inspires with these true-life stories of heroism and heartbreak.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Closeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closeness. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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