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hair's breadth

ADJECTIVE
near
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adjacent adjoining immediate nearby neighboring warm
STRONG
abutting bordering burning close nigh ready touching
WEAK
abreast along toward alongside approximal around at close quarters available beside close shave close-at-hand close-by conterminous contiguous convenient handy in close proximity near-at-hand next door not remote practically proximal proximate side-by-side vincinal within stone's throw
Antonyms
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away detached distant far faraway separate
STRONG
cool
WEAK
deferred expired gone past postponed remote unfamiliar

Example Sentences

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While Samson is not necessarily Kohli's heir, he had got India across the line by a hair's breadth in the manner of the India batting legend.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

By a hair’s breadth, it didn’t, although the Germans sank 455 ships in the operation.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

The rise to 90,296 cars and light trucks, from 89,741 was under 1%, a hair’s breadth from flat, according to the California New Car Dealers Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

The U.S. dollar was within a hair's breadth of the closely watched 150 yen level at 149.84 yen.

From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2023

Glancing up, he saw with a start that his fingers were a hair’s breadth away from a large splayed hand that had been hammer-etched deep into the stone.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver