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nowhere near

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  1. see under not anything like.


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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

That is nowhere near the level of Lyme disease, which accounts for a similar number of diagnoses each year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

“These are nowhere near knee-high,” Bobby Gene said, wading into the corn.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

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