Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being at very close range.
- adjective Exhibiting or providing detailed information or firsthand knowledge.
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Examples
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Small television monitors hang from the underside of the balcony, allowing congregants to get a better view of the speakers and occasionally themselves as a cameraman makes his way through the crowd, capturing up-close the jubilant scene of worship and praise that is intensifying throughout the sanctuary.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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More troubling is to take an up-close look at Seattle's streets and parks after Orion Center shuts down for the day, especially as temperatures drop and the combination of rain and gusty winds makes for bone-chilling conditions.
Economy deals homeless youth support center double whammy 2009
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Earlier this month I got an up-close and personal look at a high performance green ride from Zero Motorcycles.
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Go to Court 17 at 11:00 a.m. for an up-close inspection—and stay there if you're interested in Christina McHale, a New Jersey teen who has several impressive victories this summer.
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"Reagan did not dye his hair - he used a little dab of Brylcreem," said Craig Shirley, a former campaign staffer who spent plenty of up-close time with the Gipper.
Dyed heads of state? Top secret, man. Post 2011
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Sheptock has a stark, up-close perspective on the DC government's new War on the Poor as opposed to LBJ's War on Poverty: "To make a long story short, they want to push the poor out of the city," he says.
Art Levine: GOP-Style Democrats Slash DC Budget: Homeless Moms Already Given Bus Tokens, Not Shelter Art Levine 2011
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Getting an up-close glimpse of the power and magnitude of a volcano—even without its supercharged lightning bursts—made the kind of early Earth chemistry proposed by Miller seem entirely possible.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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Special-interest cruises, known as theme cruises, are the ideal way to get up-close and personal with your favorite celebs, or enjoy leisurely vacations at sea while pursuing interests in everything from Harley-Davidson motorcycles, to “Twilight.”
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Sheptock has a stark, up-close perspective on the DC government's new War on the Poor as opposed to LBJ's War on Poverty: "To make a long story short, they want to push the poor out of the city," he says.
Art Levine: GOP-Style Democrats Slash DC Budget: Homeless Moms Already Given Bus Tokens, Not Shelter Art Levine 2011
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The up-close and space-to-space combat is OK, and they capture many other aspects of military life somewhat accurately, but in many other areas they fail again and again.
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