be close to
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Adjusted for the usual gap between CPI inflation and PCE inflation, that suggests investors anticipate average expected inflation to be close to the Fed’s 2% target over the next 10 years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Kyiv estimates that "the total destruction of infrastructure and assets are likely to be close to $10 billion" this year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
One naming gambit, though, might be close to a sure thing—when companies brazenly ape the theme du jour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
To be here is to be close to Dolly Parton, but to work here seems almost spiritual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Decides he must be close to ocean and elects to try and work way through swamp to sea.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
