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View definitions for nearby

nearby

adjective as in adjoining

adverb as in within reach

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A fortnight later, Sara was buried in a cemetery in the nearby city of Lille.

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Officers found Allen, who had been struck by a train, and took him to a nearby hospital where he died, police told the outlet.

Knowing that Flo’s faithful son Flint was nearby and grieving, Goodall watched over the body all night to keep marauding bush pigs from violating her remains.

There are other bases nearby that Sudan's army, including its Sixth Infantry Division, is still defending.

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Nicole Paulsen, who lives on President Avenue about a block from the proposed RV park, worries about a “Breaking Bad” scenario of drugs and violence, noting issues with RVs illegally parked nearby on Western Avenue.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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