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around the corner

ADJECTIVE
close
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adjacent convenient
STRONG
abutting adjoining approaching handy impending nearest neighboring nigh warm
WEAK
across the street at hand contiguous give or take a little hard by immediate imminent in spitting distance in the ball park near-at-hand nearly next proximate under one's nose
Antonyms
STRONGEST
distant far
STRONG
remote
WEAK
away far-off faraway

Example Sentences

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“Swalwell faces assault claims,” read the front page of the East Bay Times, stacked up at the Lucky grocery story around the corner from Swalwell’s rental home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

"Suddenly everything just falls silent and the Pope just walks around the corner," Clark says, explaining a "sense of calmness" overcame him.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

You have been taking these rankings, and similar data points, seriously, long before anyone else was seeing around the corner of why they should matter.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

In the live, as the members sit around a table of food with a Christmas tree in the background, talk turns to how 2025 is ending and the new year is around the corner.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

I avert my eyes and continue around the corner.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam