as in narrow escape
a barely successful escape from something undesirable
a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving
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Recent Examples of near miss
Beckham, 50, will finally earn his country’s highest honor after years of near misses despite his legendary soccer career and extensive charity work with UNICEF.
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Safid Deen, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Like Informatica’s private equity backers, Permira and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Salesforce was left ruing a near miss.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
That was the highest percentage of such near misses since 2020, when air traffic dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2025
There exist dozens of different datasets, from speed data to traffic patterns to data on near misses.
—Bryan Mistele, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Safid Deen, USA Today, 6 June 2025
Like Informatica’s private equity backers, Permira and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Salesforce was left ruing a near miss.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
That was the highest percentage of such near misses since 2020, when air traffic dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2025
There exist dozens of different datasets, from speed data to traffic patterns to data on near misses.
—Bryan Mistele, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for near miss
Noun
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After surviving many close calls as a war correspondent, Norland was diagnosed with a lethal brain tumor in 2019.—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
27 June 2025
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However, that was a close call, and just two participants changing their approach would swing the median forecast down to one cut.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
17 June 2025
Noun
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The floating, vibrating head gave me a really close shave, especially with my shaving cream.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
16 May 2025
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Their characters have had plenty of close shaves, although most didn't involve razors.—
Chris Cosgrove,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Near miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/near%20miss. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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