closer
Example Sentences
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Drones have brought viewers closer to the athletes than ever before.
Calculations based on density functional theory support the experimental results and suggest an important shift as the chains move closer together.
From Science Daily
As good as Saka is for the team, his numbers slightly underwhelm, so getting him closer to goal would allow him to score or assist more himself.
From BBC
The points will be halved and rounded down, which will create an even closer title race.
From BBC
Venezuela’s oil, by contrast, is viscose, high-sulfur, crude — closer to the grades many Gulf Coast refiners were originally designed to handle.
From MarketWatch
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