closer
Example Sentences
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Running back Mark Fletcher was committed to play for the Buckeyes a few years ago before flipping to Miami to stay closer to home.
The Falcons handled the Saints pretty easily in New Orleans last month and should win a closer game at home.
From Los Angeles Times
It should be much closer when they meet a second time with only four places separating them in the world rankings.
From Barron's
Intriguing new discoveries in a medieval cemetery in Wales have brought archaeologists closer to solving the mystery surrounding the women buried there.
From BBC
"It's especially exciting to have described an early diverging caenophidian snake, as there's not that much evidence about how they emerged. Paradoxophidion brings us closer to understanding how this happened."
From Science Daily
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