up close
adverb or adjective
: at close range
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Exclusive Night Club floor seating will be available for an up close and personal experience.
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Explore indoor and outdoor cultural and ecology exhibits (including meeting a rattlesnake up close), hands-on displays, and two multi-media theater experiences.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
Kate Winslet did not experience much of the mania that surrounded Titanic's initial release up close.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
Myopia is a condition in which an individual sees an object up close clearly but cannot see it clearly at a distance without optical correction.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Explore indoor and outdoor cultural and ecology exhibits (including meeting a rattlesnake up close), hands-on displays, and two multi-media theater experiences.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
Kate Winslet did not experience much of the mania that surrounded Titanic's initial release up close.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
Myopia is a condition in which an individual sees an object up close clearly but cannot see it clearly at a distance without optical correction.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Up close.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20close. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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