come close to
Example Sentences
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The good news, at least for our species, is that this unstoppable power of volcanism changed the planet, but did not end humanity – or come close to doing so.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
“There’s always a cost to action, but it doesn’t come close to the cost of standing still.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
That would have hit U.S. aluminum extruders hard, because a 25% tariff cannot come close to covering the current cost gap.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
None of his fellow chain crew members come close to equaling Moreno’s years of service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
But organic fertilizers have not come close to replacing the chemicals that state farms depended on for decades.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
