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PREPOSITION
circa
Synonyms
WEAK
about around in the region of near nearby nigh roughly
VERB
center
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attract focus gather intensify meet
STRONG
centralize collect concenter consolidate focalize join unify
WEAK
bring to a focus bring together converge upon medialize
Antonyms
STRONGEST
divide separate
STRONG
disjoin disperse scatter
WEAK
dissipate

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Kvaratskhelia and Dembele combined for the game's defining moment, while 20-year-old Desire Doue - the young face of the new PSG - tormented Vincent Kompany's side, coming close on several occasions in the second half.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The last Stanley factory, which made tape measures, will close on May 18.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

If you had purchased Microsoft’s stock at the close on April 22, 2016, and held the shares since then, the dividend yield on your 10-year-old shares would be 7.03%.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

Apple will follow after the close on Thursday.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Herpo the Foul’s Basilisk is believed to have lived for close on nine hundred years.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling