in close proximity
idiom
: near to each other
family members who live in close proximity
—often + toThe bus stop is located in close proximity to my home.
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Besides country music and hot chicken, Nashville offers plenty of outdoor recreational activities and is in close proximity to beautiful state parks, cascading waterfalls and miles of hiking trails, making the region a premier destination for outdoor enthusiasts.
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Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 26 July 2025
Filming intimate scenes can always be a bit uncomfortable with the camera in close proximity, but Logan Lerman and Molly Gordon took things to the next level in Oh, Hi.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 25 July 2025
By having two satellites in close proximity to one another, TRACERS will be able to see how areas of Earth's magnetic field that are undergoing reconnection — the snapping and recombining of field lines — change over short time frames.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 22 July 2025
Even if the hybrid device was in close proximity to the attacker device, the authentication would still fail, since the URLs don’t match.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
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Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 26 July 2025
Filming intimate scenes can always be a bit uncomfortable with the camera in close proximity, but Logan Lerman and Molly Gordon took things to the next level in Oh, Hi.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 25 July 2025
By having two satellites in close proximity to one another, TRACERS will be able to see how areas of Earth's magnetic field that are undergoing reconnection — the snapping and recombining of field lines — change over short time frames.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 22 July 2025
Even if the hybrid device was in close proximity to the attacker device, the authentication would still fail, since the URLs don’t match.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 18 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for in close proximity
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“In close proximity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20close%20proximity. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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