Sentence examples for to near from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'to near' is not correct in written English.
To express the idea of "near", the correct phrase is "too near". For example, "The fire in the fireplace was too near the curtains and had to be put out."

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to near

adjective

Physically close.

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Corner to near post.

Complaints dropped to near zero.

But Stakhovsky used it to near perfection.

This year they are expected to near $131 billion.

Sometimes, this led to near farcical scenes.

She has done that to near perfection.

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Visibility dropped to near-nil.

To near-universal shock, however, he won.

His popularity has since ebbed to near-record lows.

Credit-rating agencies cut ABB's rating to near-junk status.

The Dunne mechanism is more common to near-channel areas.

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