close to
idiom
1
: almost or nearly
They spent close to half a million dollars on the project.
Our company employs close to a thousand workers.
I haven't seen her in close to a year.
2
British
: from a short distance : close up
She's even more beautiful when seen close to.
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Although these cuts would have affected close to 10 million Americans, the pool of people who receive old-age and survivor benefits is almost seven times as large.
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Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
China’s love of European cinema peaked in 2017, when close to 35 million Chinese moviegoers bought a ticket for a European production, some 11.3 million for Luc Besson’s sci-fi spectacle Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and 6.3 million for Paddington 2.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Bitcoin passed $94,000 for the first time, following reports that President-elect Donald Trump’s media company could be close to buying a cryptocurrency trading platform.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
And though Harris rode a wave of summer excitement, some close to her campaign said the team struggled to keep up the momentum into Election Day.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
China’s love of European cinema peaked in 2017, when close to 35 million Chinese moviegoers bought a ticket for a European production, some 11.3 million for Luc Besson’s sci-fi spectacle Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and 6.3 million for Paddington 2.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
Bitcoin passed $94,000 for the first time, following reports that President-elect Donald Trump’s media company could be close to buying a cryptocurrency trading platform.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 20 Nov. 2024
And though Harris rode a wave of summer excitement, some close to her campaign said the team struggled to keep up the momentum into Election Day.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Close to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/close%20to. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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