Close together
Close together adjective - Located close together.
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Near and close together are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Near" instead an adjective phrase "Close together".
Near
Near adjective - Being the less far of two.
Close together and near are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Close together" with "Near", this terms are similar.
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Too many engines too close together can overheat each other at full thrust, and other parts of the spacecraft too near the exhaust might be damaged as well.
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The Ark's prior crew set it to expose its virus cultures to radiation and rain down the resulting plagues on the Hrun planet they were near whenever its orbit brought them close together.
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Steel is only produced from a steel mill, and needs coal and iron to do so, two resources you will likely never find close together near a major town, and thus the cost of the two or three trains needed to produce and move the steel around will likely outweigh the profits you make doing so.
Source: Video Game / Railroad Tycoon
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