nowhere near
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“I would like to say our NIL is nowhere near what people think it is,” Cignetti said.
But those implausible sci-fi scenarios, believe it or not, are nowhere near the worst-case possibilities.
From Salon
For 85 minutes 10 against 11 I believe, but if we played with the energy that we did, we were nowhere near that.
From BBC
Since the ceasefire was announced last October, more aid has been allowed into the strip, but aid agencies say it is still nowhere near enough.
From BBC
“The world’s largest chipmaker just sent a clear message: the AI boom is nowhere near done,” said Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.
From MarketWatch
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