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Definition

Very nearby; close to someone.

Being someone's fault or responsibility.

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In Context

  • "“What we are seeing in markets is the realisation that ECB tightening is at our door,” said Rohan Khanna, a fixed-income strategist at UBS."
  • "“Absolutely those deaths are at the door of the Texas Department of Agriculture,” Gilbert spokesman Vince Leibowitz charges. “They should have noticed those problems and they should have done something about it. Clearly they didn’t and Todd Staples is the one who needs to be held accountable for it.”"
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