near
adverb
close; to a point or place not far away.
Example Sentences
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The moon has a brand new crater as of Wednesday, thanks to a rogue SpaceX rocket that crashed into Earth’s nearest neighbor at 5,400 miles an hour.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Dunhuang, the city nearest to the caves—about a day’s journey away by foot—was once a crucial trading hub on the Silk Road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Tusk chaired a crisis unit meeting with Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz and Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski in Lublin, the nearest city to the village.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
According to the agent, the team searched Google for nearby car washes and the Whittier business was chosen because “that was one of the places that came on the list as the nearest location.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
If someone had told me a week ago that I was a weird reincarnation of the late Mother Earth, I probably would’ve searched for the nearest exit.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
