near point
nounDefinition of near point
: the point nearest the eye at which an object is accurately focused on the retina at full accommodation
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The quake was centered 9 miles northwest of Anchorage near Point MacKenzie and was the second aftershock of 4.0 or larger in August. — Anchorage Daily News, "Magnitude 4.1 aftershock shakes Anchorage just before midnight," 28 Aug. 2019 The shooting occurred at 4:30 p.m. Friday at a home in the 28000 block of Bison Court, near Point Dume, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. — Los Angeles Times, "Deputies shoot knife-wielding man inside his Malibu home, authorities say," 27 July 2019 The trust owns nearly 1 million acres of land statewide, including extensive tracts in the Matanuska Valley, along the Chuitna River, and near Point MacKenzie. — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska Mental Health Trust considers $500 land-use fee for snowmachining," 18 June 2019 As a trade deadline acquisition, Zuccarello proved his worth, scoring at a near point-per-game pace in the playoffs for Dallas. — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, "Wild bolster lineup with addition of Mats Zuccarello and Ryan Hartman," 1 July 2019 In the Bay Area, about 100 tents with young campers will be set up near Point Bonita in the Marin Headlands as part of the event, Hitchcock said. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "How to get your kid to love the outdoors this summer," 14 June 2019 At the same time, British intelligence agents launched their own extensive campaign of disinformation to cement Hitler’s belief the invasion would center on the area around the French port of Calais, the nearest point to Britain. — Alan Cowell, New York Times, "D-Day in Photos: Heroes of a More Certain Time," 6 June 2019 That means taking residents to appointments off the island, which lies about 10 miles from the landing near Point Defiance Park. — Alexis Krell, The Seattle Times, "Aging sex offenders on McNeil Island needed 557 medical trips last year," 21 July 2018 The region encompassing San Francisco Bay — between Horse Mountain/Shelter Cove in Humboldt County and Pigeon Point/Half Moon Bay — will be open from late July through September, with a small area near Point Reyes also open in October. — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, "Another short salmon season means skimpy year, high prices," 30 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'near point.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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