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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-089326
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230809

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NextCure, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001661059
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				475231247
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9000 VIRGINIA MANOR ROAD, SUITE 200
		CITY:			BELTSVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20705
		BUSINESS PHONE:		240-399-4900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9000 VIRGINIA MANOR ROAD, SUITE 200
		CITY:			BELTSVILLE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			20705
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">August
9, 2023</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><U>Via
EDGAR</U></FONT></P>

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and Exchange Commission</FONT></P>

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of Corporation Finance</FONT></P>

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N.E.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Washington,
D.C. 20549-3720</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 15%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: normal">Attention:</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 85%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-weight: normal">Dillon
                                            Hagius</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; width: 90%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Acceleration
    Request for NextCure, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 42.85pt; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Pursuant
to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, NextCure, Inc. (the &ldquo;<B><U>Company</U></B>&rdquo;), hereby requests that
the effective date of the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration Number 333-273723 (the &ldquo;<B><U>Registration
Statement</U></B>&rdquo;) be accelerated so that the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement will become effective at 4:00 P.M., Eastern
Time or as soon thereafter as practicable, on August 11, 2023, <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">or at such later time as the Company
or its counsel may orally request via telephone call to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission</FONT>.</FONT></P>

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would appreciate it if, as soon as the Registration Statement is declared effective, you would so inform Istvan A. Hajdu of Sidley Austin&nbsp;LLP&nbsp;at
(212)&nbsp;839-5651.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 43%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Steven P. Cobourn, NextCure, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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