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around the corner

ADJECTIVE
close
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adjacent convenient
STRONG
abutting adjoining approaching handy impending nearest neighboring nigh warm
WEAK
across the street at hand contiguous give or take a little hard by immediate imminent in spitting distance in the ball park near-at-hand nearly next proximate under one's nose
Antonyms
STRONGEST
distant far
STRONG
remote
WEAK
away far-off faraway

Example Sentences

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Soccer here has also been just around the corner for the past 50 years.

From Barron's

A new year is around the corner—and some investors may be making resolutions to generate more gains.

From Barron's

“Humanoid robots, the technology that makes it possible is just around the corner,” Huang said on a podcast in January.

From The Wall Street Journal

They were just around the corner from his grandfather’s original storefront, and a short walk from Armandino’s first career.

From The Wall Street Journal

Schwarz has come back from a serious knee injury suffered in Bormio in December 2023 which ended that season for the 30-year-old, whose win comes with the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics around the corner.

From Barron's

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.