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.
Examples of nowhere near in a Sentence
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The Tahoe snowfall also broke 24-hour records for May
While this year is nowhere near the record snowfall seen last water year, this weekend broke records for the month of May.
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Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
But DeLong noted that more than 80% of Tesla’s first-quarter sales were from automotive revenues, adding that car manufacturing has nowhere near the marginal costs of an IT company, which can write code once and run it everywhere.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 May 2024
The probe, though nowhere near final, has uncovered a winding trail of drugs, money and murder linked to Florida and Puerto Rico — and a cast of characters previously known to law enforcement in different capacities.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The national average is nowhere near the unprecedented spike above $5 a gallon in June 2022.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
This incident draws attention to the outsourcing of the running of 911 systems to private companies, like Lumen, causing outages to hit states even if the source of the problem is nowhere near them.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024
Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: False McConnell's net worth is nowhere near $125 million, according to his publicly available financial disclosures.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Though nowhere near the magnitude of the West Coast’s monster quakes, the seismic waves traveled hundreds of miles, jostling not just nearby New York City, but Philadelphia and Boston and Washington, DC.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
Aid drops and fledgling attempts at maritime corridors are nowhere near covering the shortfall.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
But DeLong noted that more than 80% of Tesla’s first-quarter sales were from automotive revenues, adding that car manufacturing has nowhere near the marginal costs of an IT company, which can write code once and run it everywhere.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 May 2024
The probe, though nowhere near final, has uncovered a winding trail of drugs, money and murder linked to Florida and Puerto Rico — and a cast of characters previously known to law enforcement in different capacities.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
The national average is nowhere near the unprecedented spike above $5 a gallon in June 2022.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
This incident draws attention to the outsourcing of the running of 911 systems to private companies, like Lumen, causing outages to hit states even if the source of the problem is nowhere near them.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024
Email newsletter | Facebook page Our rating: False McConnell's net worth is nowhere near $125 million, according to his publicly available financial disclosures.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Though nowhere near the magnitude of the West Coast’s monster quakes, the seismic waves traveled hundreds of miles, jostling not just nearby New York City, but Philadelphia and Boston and Washington, DC.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 5 Apr. 2024
Aid drops and fledgling attempts at maritime corridors are nowhere near covering the shortfall.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Nowhere near.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nowhere%20near. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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