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Dear's rhyming partner

Ross

I believe the answer is:

near

(Other definitions for near that I've seen before include "Tight-fisted" , "(Get) close to" , "Miserly and proximate" , "Close; almost" , "Parsimonious (informal)" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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