nowhere near
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In the fancy-water market, Loonen is nowhere near the top of the price-point index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Elon Musk’s Tesla robotaxis and Amazon-owned Zoox are shuttling customers autonomously, but are nowhere near the scale at which Waymo operates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
A star-struck public was howling for his inclusion, blind to the weekly evidence that he was nowhere near the player he used to be.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The basic question remains: why are prices so low when oil supplies are still nowhere near normal?
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
My stomach felt warm and not like a big, empty cave, but nowhere near full.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
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