Sentence examples for say close to from inspiring English sources
Do we as a country want elected representatives to earn salaries, say, close to the average wage?
State labor officials say close to a million New Jersey jobs are directly or indirectly intertwined with Wall Street.
Officials say close to 100,000 Indian nationals have returned from Nepal through the India-Nepal border post at Raxaul since last month's earthquake.
By John Cassidy February 7, 2014 Not so very long ago, I was talking with someone who is, as they say, close to the White House.
I'd say close to four years, but there was a lot of stopping and starting during that time as I moved from job to job.
"They are our official charity partner where we funnel all our charity and fundraising events through them," says Melara, who grew up in a Salvadoran family in the northwest area of DC. "DC Scores serves about 2,000 youths here in the area, and from that number I would say close to 50% are Hispanic".
Some studies say $400 million; others say closer to zero.
And with the latest forecast, she added, "I'd say closer to 100".
"And the results have been predictable and dismal, but he has 'transformed' us, as he likes to say, closer to his vision of a government-centered society".
A woman in a house that is hit from the sky with a bomb is, one could say, closer to a war than the pilot in the plane.
