not being distant in time, space, or significance
my birthday is close to Christmasa shopping mall that is very close to the highwaythese words are close synonyms
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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Recent Examples of close
Adjective
Jeff, Dave, and Heather huddle around for a closer look.—Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025 The latter allowed a closer look at intricate details but lacked the final adjustments — and the person bringing the clothes to life.—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
The focus now is on how to get energy back into the aging shopping plaza — several of its larger anchors, including Michael’s, Party City and Big Lots, have closed — without going forward full bore on the overall city hub plan, which would have connected both sides of Oso Creek with the center.—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025 Although Homan's encounter with the FBI agents led to Homan being investigated for bribery and other crimes, The New York Times reported prosecutors closed the case after doubting there was enough evidence to prove to a jury that Homan agreed to specific actions in exchange for the payment.—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
As manager John Schneider addressed his team, the players pressed closer.—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025 The sun is setting earlier and earlier across Tennessee as the year moves closer towards the end of daylight saving time.—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
While this bag is compact, the main pocket is large enough to hold essential items that are important to keep close-by while traveling like a phone and wallet.—Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2025 As their season careens to a close this week, with a 70-87 record going into Wednesday night, a last-place finish assured and the only record within reach being that for strikeouts in a season by the offense, contention seems as far away as it’s ever been.—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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 See All Example Sentences for close
Wharton’s targeting of the near-post area is complemented by Mateta, Munoz and Ismaila Sarr (red).
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Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
Because the broad thrust of Powell’s speech contained worries about the softening labor market, which implies the Fed will stay on its rate-cutting path in the near term.
The narrow lanes are waterlogged and airless, and here in India’s financial capital, a deadly disease is lurking at every door.
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CNN Money,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
The medieval village of Orta San Giulio sits right on the water, with narrow cobblestone streets, frescoed churches, and boats that ferry visitors to the serene Isola San Giulio.
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Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Sep. 2025
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter in September 2017, George opened up about the intimate proposal.
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Ariana Quihuiz,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Hall plays Rosenkrantz and Ben Whishaw plays Hujar, who offers a detailed account of his previous day’s activity, involving such idiosyncratic eminences as Susan Sontag and Allen Ginsberg—and the sorts of gamesmanship and intimate tensions that ensnare and frustrate artistic energies.
In sync with the dance theme and in a nod to the creative process, the presentation will recreate a dance competition, with models donning Moja Rowa pieces and number badges while twirling and gliding with headphones on — silent party mode.
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Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
23 Sep. 2025
But even these statistics highlight just how widespread – and silent – the infection really is.
Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.
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Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
It’s been used to import cheap foreign labor at the expense of Americans.
Such breathless idealism sounds otherworldly today.
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Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
26 Sep. 2025
This is a story about two young people who find each other, fall madly in love, and are then torn apart by unimaginable disaster — one rendered by the obsessive director in minute, breathless, excruciating detail.
Plus, recent studies have indicated that reliance on AI models can reduce physicians' ability to make accurate clinical judgments in the absence of AI.
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Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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