close in (on)

verb

Definition of close in (on)next
as in to approach

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  1. approach
  2. focus
  3. near
  4. converge
Verb
  • The result offers researchers a different way to approach quantum material design.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • With Election Day approaching, California voters are facing a crowded ballot and competing claims about what the state's propositions would do.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of approach
Verb
  • The Sun enters your 11th House, beginning a month focused on friends, communities, collaborations, networks, and your longer-term hopes.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Anduril’s technology will focus on equipment worn by the animals, not genetic modifications.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of focus
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  • The hospitalizations have come weeks after a woman was found dead inside her unit with a room temperature nearing 100 degrees.
    — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • To be clear, the AI company has massive resources and is nearing a potential $2 trillion IPO that could break records.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of near
Verb
  • Its challenges demonstrate what more of California will probably face as the twin dangers of fire and coastal erosion converge this winter.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Their two adult children, Brooke (Rabe) and Trip (Keery), converge at the family home—a stiflingly beige Palm Springs fantasia—for Christmas 2004.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of converge
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