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Recent Examples of Synonyms for closing in (on)
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The strike was the latest on a health care facility in the Sudan war, which is approaching its third anniversary next month.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Storms are expected to develop along an approaching cold front during the evening hours, when atmospheric instability and wind shear increase.—
Vytas Reid,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The war, now nearing the one-month mark, has raised concerns about inflation and slowing industrial activity across the world, clouding the demand outlook for metals.—
Bloomberg,
Bloomberg,
26 Mar. 2026
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With the rosters set and the games nearing, here’s a look at some 2026 Sox storylines.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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As part of the legal fight over the ban, Anthropic also filed a complaint in an appellate court in Washington, DC, focusing on a law governing procedures for mitigating supply-chain risks in procurement.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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During an earnings call in February, a Sony executive said the company aims to blunt the impact of higher memory costs by focusing on monetizing its current install base of PS5 users and further expanding its software and network service revenue.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Several converging factors are positioning spatial computing as a more commercially viable and investor-relevant technology area.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Multiple forces are converging in ways that defy easy fixes — and the old playbook of buying the dip is far from guaranteed to work.—
Denitsa Tsekova,
Bloomberg,
10 Mar. 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 31 Mar. 2026.
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