near to

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almost adv.
at prep.

ADVERB

almost

Synonyms

STRONGEST

about approximately around essentially most much practically relatively roughly virtually

STRONG

nigh well-nigh

WEAK

about to all but as good as bordering on close to close upon for all practical purposes for the greatest part in effect in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about not far from not quite on the brink of on the edge of on the point of on the verge of pretty near substantially within sight of

PREPOSITION

Synonyms

WEAK

appearing in by found in in the vicinity of on placed at situated at through toward

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near to

Martin was attacked near to where he had been attending a gender-reveal party several hours earlier at a pub.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Akamai is giving Anthropic warrants worth up to 5% of shares outstanding at a $111.33 exercise price, which is near to Thursday’s closing price.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

“What I’m more worried about in the near term, near to medium term, is a systemic cyber event,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Last summer's wildfire burned near to RAF Fylingdales, part of the UK and US ballistic missile warning system.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The entire company looked then at the woman on the table, who was struggling to sit up and was pushing so hard her red face looked near to bursting.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman

near to

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