in the neighborhood
idiom
: in the area that is close to something
Is there a grocery store in the neighborhood?
We might as well pay them a visit while we're in the neighborhood.
Examples of in the neighborhood in a Sentence
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In fact, the decision to go big on Figueroa Eight, which opened last month, reflects an unusual disconnect playing out in the neighborhood: While downtown as a place to work still struggles to find its footing post-COVID, downtown as a residential center is thriving.
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
There are institutions in the neighborhood working to change the narrative.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Eliot Hernández has been a surf instructor in the neighborhood for 15 years.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Upon arrival, the officers discovered the body inside the trash bin.
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Helicopter video from KTLA-TV at the time of the discovery showed police investigating near a closed black bin at a curb in the neighborhood.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
In the meantime, African Americans who had migrated from the South started settling in the neighborhood.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Market pricing now suggests that rates will end the year in the neighborhood of 4.75 percent.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
In 2022 in Santa Fe, nine people were killed in seven different incidents in the neighborhood.
—Anna Spoerre, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
Then, on March 28, a resident of Harper Woods, Michigan, living more than 2,300 miles away, called police about a stray dog in the neighborhood.
—Jay Croft, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
There are institutions in the neighborhood working to change the narrative.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
Eliot Hernández has been a surf instructor in the neighborhood for 15 years.
—Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Upon arrival, the officers discovered the body inside the trash bin.
Advertisement
Helicopter video from KTLA-TV at the time of the discovery showed police investigating near a closed black bin at a curb in the neighborhood.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
In the meantime, African Americans who had migrated from the South started settling in the neighborhood.
—Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
Market pricing now suggests that rates will end the year in the neighborhood of 4.75 percent.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
In 2022 in Santa Fe, nine people were killed in seven different incidents in the neighborhood.
—Anna Spoerre, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
Then, on March 28, a resident of Harper Woods, Michigan, living more than 2,300 miles away, called police about a stray dog in the neighborhood.
—Jay Croft, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
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