Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for closing in (on)
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Around the same time, Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, were with their mother and younger sibling approaching a crosswalk at Triunfo Canyon Road.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026 -
Women approaching perimenopause, or anyone with a family history of osteoporosis, may benefit from talking to a doctor about bone density screening before a fracture forces the conversation.—
Allison Palmer,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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The Dow hit an all-time high and oil cooled on optimism that the Iran war was nearing its end.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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The Bears are nearing the end of their spring practice period.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2026
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Sifting Out the Solution Since receiving his doctorate from the University of Cambridge in 2000, Chan had been developing and refining ways to compress complicated quantum states by focusing only on their most important configurations.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 May 2026
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Raman, 44, has attempted to position herself as Bass’ most serious ideological challenger from the left, focusing heavily on housing affordability, tenant protections and criticism of the city’s political status quo.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
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Key Background Anthropic steps into the busiest IPO pipeline since 2021, with three of the most valuable private companies ever built converging on the public markets within the same window.—
Alicia Park,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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This is, in the end, what Richardson and a handful of economists — among them University of Chicago behavioral economist Alex Imas and George Mason’s Tyler Cowen — are converging on.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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“Closing in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closing%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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