Sentence examples for meant close from inspiring English sources

Acceptance of her application, which was based on 11 employees, would have meant close to $40,000 for her over 18 months, assuming the employee number did not change.

This not only provided the ready source of protein that would allow former hunter gatherers to settle down in large, sedentary communities, it also meant close and sustained contact with the pigs, cattle, chickens and goats that would act as "microbial bridges" between wild animals and people.

For Indian policymakers, realpolitik dictated that antagonistic relations with Pakistan meant close ties with Afghanistan were critical.

But, no, it turned out closed meant closed, out of business, done.

Sometimes, that meant closing off access to birth parents; sometimes, telling them to meet.

When the sign went up saying "Take-It-Or-Leave-It Shop it Closed," I figured it meant closed for the winter.

Friends talk of a Facebook 'cull', and used to talk of 'committing suicide', which meant closing their account.

To remove such hazardous material would have meant closing the room for as much as two years.

Capturing these two forts, then, meant closing off a large fraction of the South's shipping in one fell swoop.

Lost potential customers with confusing signs: people thought "Private Storage" meant closed to general public.

Lost potential customers with confusing signs: people thought "Private Storage" meant closed to the general public.