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Recent Examples of Synonyms for close in (on)
Verb
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Do not approach water, wet objects, or metal items.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Hurricane Kiko slowly approaching Hawaii Hurricane Kiko will be closely watched for up to 10 days, AccuWeather Meteorologist Geoff Cornish said.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In prior years, Russia focused on hitting Ukrainian power plants, whereas Kyiv focused on keeping them up as its Western backers hit Moscow with sanctions and global energy firms pulled out en masse.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Fox directed the Indigenous Women’s Voices Series, which focuses on the healing and empowerment of Native women and was released in 2020.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Now the battle over waters of the Rio Grande could be nearing resolution as New Mexico, Texas and Colorado announced fresh settlement proposals Friday designed to rein in groundwater pumping along the river in New Mexico and ensure enough river water reliably makes it to Texas.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
30 Aug. 2025
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Most interior Bay Area locations will near 100 degrees through the holiday and into the middle of next week, the weather service said.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Shailene Woodley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ethan Hawke, Jessie Buckley, Zachary Quinto and Edgar Ramirez were among the VIP attendees to converge at Soho House for the posh event hosted by Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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The referees converged to discuss the call and agreed on the penalty.—
David Delgado,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Close in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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