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He notes that semiconductor shipments were worth $16.5 billion in that window, close to 3½ times their value a year earlier, and accounted for 47% of all Korean exports.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
“In fact, it’s close to 0%,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He kept us close to the business but let us be free to do whatever we wanted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Nusantara Atlas project put the figure at close to 300,000 hectares over the same period, and last week estimated that the total area affected, including August, was nearly 896,000 hectares.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
I unhook Belle’s harness, tie her to a tree close to the wagon and campfire.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
