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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The price of a ticket to a Cowboys game resides nowhere near the White House.
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
It’s all added up to something nowhere near good enough, but there’s plenty to work with here.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Except there is nowhere near enough homegrown American olive oil to go around.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Although the dust is nowhere near settling, Booth spoke to Tony Jones of The Athletic about his firing.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2025
It’s all added up to something nowhere near good enough, but there’s plenty to work with here.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Except there is nowhere near enough homegrown American olive oil to go around.
—Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025
Although the dust is nowhere near settling, Booth spoke to Tony Jones of The Athletic about his firing.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nowhere near
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“Nowhere near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nowhere%20near. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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