Close to and Thereby

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

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

Thereby adverb - By that means or because of that.

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Close to and thereby are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead an adverb "Thereby".

Or sometimes everyone else is aware other than the target he's supposed to be protecting (normally Kaname or Tessa)... thereby discouraging any potential assassins from getting close to them.

Source: Wall Glower
He deliberately got all the other villains in Gotham causing chaos in a very short period of time, thereby ensuring that Batman wasn't running at anything close to 100%.

Source: Game-Breaking Injury
In the cartoon she came close to winning the fight, only finally losing when the sun came up, thereby strengthening Zuko's powers and weakening hers.

Source: Adaptational Wimp

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