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“As always we expect a conservative initial view from Carnival with close-in demand and onboard spending being swing factors on how the quarter unfolds,” he added.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
And last summer, the City Council designated all of downtown and other close-in areas as enterprise zones, allowing certain businesses to t a state program for property tax breaks on capital investment.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024
Much of the movie’s three-hour running time is spent close-in on the faces of star Cillian Murphy and others.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
These details, especially of the close-in Zeta ring, will be invaluable to planning any future missions to Uranus.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023
Then she found Myers Park, a prosperous, close-in community of 8,700 where most of the houses are more than sixty years old and ten minutes from downtown.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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