in the vicinity of
idiom
1
: in the area that is close to (a place)
He lives in the general/immediate vicinity of the school.
2
: close to or around (an amount)
His yearly salary is in the vicinity of one million dollars.
Examples of in the vicinity of in a Sentence
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The idea of a Red Line station in the vicinity of the entertainment venue emerged during discussions in the 2010s about North End development, developer Damon Hemmerdinger told the Observer.
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Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
According to the service, the accident happened around 11 p.m. local time in the vicinity of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
The skies were dark enough in the vicinity of the eclipsed sun that stars were visible, including the bright planets Jupiter and Venus.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 21 Apr. 2024
Hamas said on its social media platforms that its snipers and mortar teams had fired at Israeli forces in the vicinity of the hospital.
—Patrick Kingsley Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Smoke billows from buildings in the vicinity of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Saturday.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Dahshur is the southernmost of the great pyramid necropolises of the Old Kingdom in the vicinity of the ancient capital of Memphis.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
The affidavit says that in filing a robbery report, Fuentes was trying to manufacture an explanation for why cellphone location data, which police routinely gather as evidence, might show that his phone was in the vicinity of the fatal gunfire.
—Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors incidents in the Mideast's waterways, earlier acknowledged an attack in the vicinity of the Zografia.
—TIME, 16 Jan. 2024
Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
According to the service, the accident happened around 11 p.m. local time in the vicinity of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
The skies were dark enough in the vicinity of the eclipsed sun that stars were visible, including the bright planets Jupiter and Venus.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 21 Apr. 2024
Hamas said on its social media platforms that its snipers and mortar teams had fired at Israeli forces in the vicinity of the hospital.
—Patrick Kingsley Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Smoke billows from buildings in the vicinity of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Saturday.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Dahshur is the southernmost of the great pyramid necropolises of the Old Kingdom in the vicinity of the ancient capital of Memphis.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
The affidavit says that in filing a robbery report, Fuentes was trying to manufacture an explanation for why cellphone location data, which police routinely gather as evidence, might show that his phone was in the vicinity of the fatal gunfire.
—Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which monitors incidents in the Mideast's waterways, earlier acknowledged an attack in the vicinity of the Zografia.
—TIME, 16 Jan. 2024
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Dictionary Entries Near in the vicinity of
in the usual/normal/ordinary course of business
in the vicinity of
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“In the vicinity of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20vicinity%20of. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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