Synonyms for close to
close to

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1. approximately, about, close to, just about, some, roughly, more or less, around, or soadverb

   (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

   "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party"

   Synonyms:
   well-nigh, rough, virtually, somewhat, slightly, or so, roughly, just about, some, nigh, most, about, nearly, more or less, almost, near, approximately, around, round

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1. Robert Leininger:

   It's been a market that has been focused on growth investing for close to a decade now.

2. Matthew Broderick:

   I was close to death. I kind of had gone off the cliff — my lungs had to make a decision, i had pneumonia and water in my lungs. I remember thinking,' Calm down and go to sleep.'.

3. Chris Murphy:

   We’re making body-to-body contact, instead of getting close to it and making a big explosion, what we do is actually, the nose of our missile hits the part of the incoming round that we want to hit.

4. Though Solomina:

   It was my mistake not to realize that Olga Solomina had had cognac before entering — possibly because Olga Solomina was scared, olga Solomina came inside and started ruffling the lions's mane. Vitya the lion came close to her and pulled her away by her arm.

5. Richard Moissl:

   What’s unusual about this object is that this is rather rare, that an object of this size passes so close to Earth. Interstellar Lab Food pods happens about once every 10 years, but this is a once in a decade opportunity to get some nice close-up measurements in a relatively large body that is relatively easy to measure to that effect.