in the vicinity of

phrase

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Three other similar crypto farms were found last year in the vicinity of the nearby hydroelectric dam in northern Puebla. — CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Five days earlier, a joint operation involving several Turks and Caicos Islands agencies intercepted another overloaded boat with 171 Haitian migrants in the vicinity of Northwest Point, Providenciales. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Researchers at the University of Hawaii-Manoa identified a significant increase in the frequency and likelihood of tropical cyclones in the vicinity of Hawaii during El Niño years compared with other years. — Nicholas Grondin, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026

As the theory goes, the only entry point to that world is somewhere in the vicinity of the South Pole. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for in the vicinity of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove