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

Over billions of years, this wind has bombarded every body in the vicinity of the Sun, including Earth’s Moon. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026

Oliver then cited how the Department of Transportation has two open investigations into Waymo, which is featured in the series, including for striking a child in the vicinity of a school. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

On the night of the reprieve, Owen, cut loose for the evening by his girlfriend, who wants to canoodle with a neighbor, vomits in the vicinity of Allie’s high heels, in what might be called a meet-boot. — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

In a series of Facebook posts, Romanian defense minister Radu-Dinel Miruţă said F-16 fighter jets destroyed a marine drone in the vicinity of the Neptun Deep gas project in the Black Sea on Thursday. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for in the vicinity of

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