nowhere near
idiom
1
: not at all near to
We were nowhere near a hospital.
2
informal
: not at all : not nearly
Their house is nowhere near as nice as yours.
That is nowhere near enough water.
The house is nowhere near finished.
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Worth a mention was one moment during my trip, when several other guests and I were transported by bus from our pre-embarkation hotel to the port: We were dropped off nowhere near the ship, and there were no Scenic staff on hand to guide us to the terminal's entrance.
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Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2024
More punchline than reality, AI was nowhere near the top of political agendas.
—Sunny Gandhi, Fortune, 20 May 2024
New measures instituted in 2022 to curb service-time manipulation have helped move the needle, but baseball’s economic structure is still nowhere near fair for young players.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
The region has nowhere near enough shelter beds for everybody asking.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
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Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2024
More punchline than reality, AI was nowhere near the top of political agendas.
—Sunny Gandhi, Fortune, 20 May 2024
New measures instituted in 2022 to curb service-time manipulation have helped move the needle, but baseball’s economic structure is still nowhere near fair for young players.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2024
The region has nowhere near enough shelter beds for everybody asking.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
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“Nowhere near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nowhere%20near. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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