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hair's breadth

ADJECTIVE
near
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adjacent adjoining immediate nearby neighboring warm
STRONG
abutting bordering burning close nigh ready touching
WEAK
abreast along toward alongside approximal around at close quarters available beside close shave close-at-hand close-by conterminous contiguous convenient handy in close proximity near-at-hand next door not remote practically proximal proximate side-by-side vincinal within stone's throw
Antonyms
STRONGEST
away detached distant far faraway separate
STRONG
cool
WEAK
deferred expired gone past postponed remote unfamiliar

Example Sentences

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While Samson is not necessarily Kohli's heir, he had got India across the line by a hair's breadth in the manner of the India batting legend.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

By a hair’s breadth, it didn’t, although the Germans sank 455 ships in the operation.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

Meanwhile, preliminary data showed Spain's consumer prices in June rose 1.9% year-on-year, a hair's breadth from the 2% threshold for the first time since March 2021.

From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2023

The story of Hoke’s narrator, much like P-22’s, is one of constantly avoiding tragedy, often by a hair’s breadth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

It came within a hair’s breadth of crushing the prow, and with the backwash the boat was borne landward.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton