to the nearest
idiom
—used to indicate the number of pounds, dollars, etc., that is closest to a slightly higher or lower number or amount
What is the weight of your baggage to the nearest pound?
$13.75 rounded up to the nearest dollar is $14.
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The officer questions him and checks his papers, then offers to drive him to the nearest train station — though the offer is to be taken to the station, or taken to jail.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 Mar. 2025
If there is an increase, that percentage is rounded to the nearest 10th of 1 percent, and that determines how much benefits will be boosted by.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Sheriff’s deputies escorted his corpse to the nearest mortuary, where undertaker Joseph Johnson embalmed him with arsenic and waited for someone to claim the body.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Only 29 percent of those titles, however, reached 1 million views or more (rounded to the nearest 100,000).
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 Mar. 2025
If there is an increase, that percentage is rounded to the nearest 10th of 1 percent, and that determines how much benefits will be boosted by.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Sheriff’s deputies escorted his corpse to the nearest mortuary, where undertaker Joseph Johnson embalmed him with arsenic and waited for someone to claim the body.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
Only 29 percent of those titles, however, reached 1 million views or more (rounded to the nearest 100,000).
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
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“To the nearest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20nearest. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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