Close to and Regarding

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Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.

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Regarding and close to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regarding" instead an adjective phrase "Close to".

Regarding preposition - Having to do with.

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Close to and regarding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead an adjective "Regarding".

Nearby Words: regarded, regardful

Was very close to usurping the Main House, but an oversight regarding important documents had turned his latest pawn into an ineffective fool, and the whole uprising was stopped before it started.

Source: Pantheon / Council of Shadows
Meaning the D fae are still somewhere on the ambivalence spectrum regarding humanity (pretty close to the "efface" point, but not actually locked there).

Source: Gaia's Vengeance
Marina's appearance verged at times on the grotesque or parodic, and Nora Batty's views regarding Compo come very close to Aside Glance at times.

Source: Series / Last of the Summer Wine

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