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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
  • Thunder crackled and skies darkened in Mooresville.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Please note that leather conditioner does darken the color of the leather.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 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
  • Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The blazer is also lined, which comes in handy on chilly evenings.
    Izzy Baskette, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Cameron, who served as creative director of Smythson earlier in her career, drew on her experience in the public eye and as an ambassador for the British Fashion Council.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Close-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/close-in. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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