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see under not anything like.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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How to use nowhere near in a sentence

She had been nowhere near West Africa, nor had she been in contact with anyone who had been.
Parents’ Ebola Panic Is Taking Over My Clinic|Russell Saunders|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While the flavor is nowhere near as popular as the original, 10 percent of the one million cases of Zima sold each year are pink.
In Japan, Zima Haz No Zexual Preference|Jake Adelstein, Angela Erika Kubo|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Leonard was nowhere near the best-seller list, but each book was selling a little more than the one before.
Elmore Leonard’s Rocky Road to Fame and Fortune|Mike Lupica|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As far as distance is concerned, this particular solar event came nowhere near Earth.
About That ‘World-Ending’ Solar Storm...|Nicole Gugliucci|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Turns out that storm was nowhere near us, and similar storms have happened before.
About That ‘World-Ending’ Solar Storm...|Nicole Gugliucci|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So far as Jessie could judge, the carriage had stopped nowhere near the Queen of Asturia's headquarters.
The Weight of the Crown|Fred M. White
There were other officers within call, a dozen of them, who had done nowhere near the amount of field service performed by Dean.
Warrior Gap|Charles King
The impact point computed by the Oregon station was nowhere near South Dakota.
Operation Terror|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
They were hurled against the crags, and came nowhere near the vessel.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.--February, 1851.--Vol. II.|Various
The shells are nowhere near it, and it is hard to keep it in sight.
'Green Balls'|Paul Bewsher