Near and Starting

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Near adjective - Being the less far of two.

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Starting and near are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Starting" instead an adjective "Near".

Nearby Words: nearly, nearby, nearness

Starting adjective - Appropriate to the beginning or start of an event.

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Near and starting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Near" instead an adjective "Starting".

Nearby Words: start, started, starter, startup

If you are good enough friends with Packie, you can rig his car with a bomb before even starting the mission, as his car is near the mission starting point.

Source: The Dev Team Thinks Of Everything / Grand Theft Auto
His standalone novel The Candy Shop War is similar, starting out with the Sugar Bowl concept of magical candy and ending up with several near-homicides, Body Horror, Bad Future, and much more.

Source: Crapsaccharine World
Hogger is a level 11 "Elite" (a creature who has more health, attack power and defense than a normal creature of the same level) very near the human starting area.

Source: Cherry Tapping

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