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NEAR or Near may refer to:

• Thomas J. Near, US evolutionary ichthyologist
• Near, a developer who created the higan emulator

• National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR), a former alarm device to warn civilians of a foreign nuclear attack on the United States
• National Emergency Airway Registry (NEAR), a patient registry for intubations in the United States
• Nicking enzyme amplification reaction (NEAR), a method of DNA amplification
• NEAR Protocol, a layer-1 blockchain
• NEAR Shoemaker, a spacecraft that studied the near-Earth asteroid Eros
• Nearness or proximity space
• "Near", a city browser by NearGlobal

• Near (Death Note), Nate River, a character

• Near v. Minnesota, a U.S. press freedom Supreme Court decision
• New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame