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adjective

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Recent Examples of close-in
Verb
Through incremental agreements, for instance, Trump and Xi could address specific issues such as maritime security and freedom of navigation by agreeing to a code of conduct along with protocols for managing close-in naval encounters. William Hurst, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2025 Some have compared the relative affordability of Astoria today to that years ago in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which was seen as a close-in refuge from Manhattan’s high costs, until its own skyrocketing prices dimmed that luster. Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025 Add to that the close-in communications, collaboration and the sharing of ideas. Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 Largely domestic, largely in the close-in. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for close-in
Recent Examples of Synonyms for close-in
Verb
  • The Robco Transmission & Auto shop was closed at the time of the crash.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But major indexes closed higher Monday, despite news of a weaker-than-expected jobs market in August.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That means the blood-red moon will climb above the eastern horizon already darkened, creating a dramatic but challenging sight.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Areas that should have been completely dark were instead illuminated with noisy streaks; areas that should have been uniformly bright had darkened streaks across them.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Spier Hotel is only half an hour from Cape Town’s city center, so the hotel also makes a convenient base for exploring both Cape Town and the winelands.
    Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Rieger admitted that such complaints exist and are partially driven by believers failing to understand intersectionality and its purpose — applying it as a policy excuse when and where convenient.
    John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Russell’s touchdown came 3 plays after Green ran for 35 yards on the first play of the possession that began at midfield.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The multi-styler comes with all kinds of attachments, including several long barrels, two smoothing brushes, a round volumizing brush, and a smoothing dryer.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The weed making its way from hand-to-hand is potent.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The one extended hand-to-hand fight sequence, a showdown between a slight hacker and her much larger foe, is tense and engaging.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • That idea, that the changes are most prominent in academic writing, comes up a lot, but the shift has been observed beyond academia, too.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The fact that babies and toddlers continue to die from ingesting fentanyl will likely come up in a meeting next month.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The film opens just as its predecessor ended, with a handy recap explaining how Ne Zha and his angelic counterpart, Ao Bing, ended up in need of bodily reincarnation.
    Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There’s also a non-slip outsole, which comes in handy when walking on slick or wet surfaces.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Still, Daniels and Koman drew on real research to capture the rhythms and absurdities of newsroom life.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Emotional quotient, or the ability to understand and manage emotions, improves decision making by drawing on human experience for more balanced, effective, and inclusive results.
    Paul Hudson, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Close-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close-in. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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