Close to
Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
Notwithstanding and close to are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Notwithstanding" with "Close to", this terms are similar.
Notwithstanding
Notwithstanding adverb - In spite of that.
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Synonyms for Notwithstanding
Close to and notwithstanding are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Close to" with "Notwithstanding", this terms are similar.
Both terms in one sentence
- Perhaps the most glaring example of this is Knuckles, of whom we know close to nothing about, especially going by his status and his lack of any memory from before being alone on the island (Sonic Chronicles's canonicity notwithstanding).
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