How to Use anything near in a Sentence
anything near
idiom-
The week saw four albums debut in the top 10, though none with anything near Rodrigo’s strength.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2021
-
Three years in, 106 Seafood Underground is no longer anything near a secret.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
-
None of the explosions caused any damage to anything near the volcano and there are no reports of ash fall other than in the crater itself.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2012
-
But American society rarely moves at anything near the speed of a rocket launch.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 10 June 2020
-
Houston can’t manage anything near the volume of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2021
-
That definitely seems like a hard requirement to get anything near the scale of the Internet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2021
-
The family did not find anything near Townline Road, either.
—Sarah Portney, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2022
-
Nor does the yuan have anything near the necessary presence in currency trading.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
-
To this day, however, no one has ever found anything near a complete skeleton of Megalosaurus.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2024
-
Gobert was a terror, going for 24 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks, and generally spooking the Spurs out of trying anything near the rim.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 4 May 2021
-
There aren’t lots of people in Estes’s paintings, but the mood isn’t anything near Hopper’s loneliness or moodiness.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 22 Aug. 2020
-
Sadly, even though there's consensus that, at least for now, the vulnerability doesn't pose anything near the threat of Log4Shell, the Spring4Shell name has largely stuck.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2022
-
Most American cities, besides New York, don't have anything near that density to make this lifestyle work.
—Jamie Valentino, Chron, 24 Dec. 2021
-
Thus, the thinking went, large dinosaurs must have reached very old ages indeed, but no one knew how old, because no living reptiles attain anything near the size of a dinosaur.
—Kevin Padian, Scientific American, 1 May 2014
-
Portland is likely to see some hazy skies Wednesday, but it’s not expected to be anything near the level of smoke experienced the week of Labor Day.
—oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2020
-
According to Zoom, the average home there is worth $3.6 million, and anything near the bluff-top railroad tracks is considerably more.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
-
This may seem like a huge lift, but not anything near as difficult as going from sequencing a brand new virus to putting a brand new vaccine in peoples’ arms in mere months, as happened with Covid-19.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
-
No other country in Latin America has had anything near Chile’s success.
—Eva Vergara and Patricia Luna, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2021
-
That doesn’t mean, however, that rents will return to anything near prepandemic levels.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
-
And besides, not everyone is convinced the flying car will reach anything near ubiquitous levels of adoption.
—Rohit Jaggi, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2022
-
Don’t return to the film expecting anything near humanizing in the portrayal of women or people of color.
—Genevieve Angelson, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2020
-
To reach anything near those growth ambitions while meeting climate goals, however, both green and blue hydrogen will be needed in abundance.
—Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2020
-
Always rubbing his cheeks on anything near him, including door frames, his two-legged friends and, well, anything around him really — Dude has a lot of affection to give to his future family.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2020
-
Carter joked about how nice a previous day in the mid-90s felt, remarking that anything near those temperatures in his Elizabethton, Tenn., hometown is a pretty big deal.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
-
It’s been several years since Gandhi and her family have had anything near a normal holiday season.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
-
Meanwhile, Marvin Harrison Jr. was the only receiver to have anything near a productive day.
—Stephen Means, cleveland, 7 Nov. 2022
-
Sending our massive selves on an interstellar journey requires huge energy at anything near light speed, and at a more modest speed, journey times to even fairly near stars could be hundreds of years.
—Scientific American, 1 May 2020
-
Sending our massive selves on an interstellar journey requires huge energy at anything near light speed, and at a more modest speed, journey times to even fairly near stars could be hundreds of years.
—Scientific American, 1 May 2020
-
Powder Powdered rust removers are often used to remove rust stains from anything near a rusty metal surface, including fabrics, ceramics, and concrete.
—Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
-
But paying doesn't guarantee anything near full recovery.
—Frank Bajak, ajc, 21 June 2021
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'anything near.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: