How to Use vicinity in a Sentence
vicinity
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Bull sharks had been seen in the vicinity.
—CBS News, 6 June 2026
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Bull sharks had been seen in the vicinity.
—ABC News, 13 June 2026
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Bull sharks had been seen in the vicinity .
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
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What are the best outdoor hikes or day trips in the vicinity?
—Adam Weinberg For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 15 May 2022
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There are three players in their vicinity too.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Lake Nona is also the name of a lake in the vicinity.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
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The warm front will still be in our vicinity on Wednesday.
—Rachael Jay, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Buckets were tougher to come by when either was in the vicinity.
—oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2020
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That one elicited more than a few sniffles and group hugs in my vicinity.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 24 Sep. 2025
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It’s not yet known whether all the sightings are of one bear, or if there are more in the vicinity.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
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Not quite revenge of the nerds, but somewhere in that vicinity.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2024
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The hunters learned that someone was logging in the vicinity.
—Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2025
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What's left behind should be any planets in the vicinity.
—David Szondy august 14, New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2025
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Norris said a full search of the area would be done to make sure no other weapons were in the vicinity.
—Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
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All of these fruits give off lots of ethylene gas, which can cause lemons in their vicinity to spoil faster.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2026
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All of these fruits give off lots of ethylene gas, which can cause lemons in their vicinity to spoil faster.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
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Two other minors who were in the car were later found in the vicinity of the wreck.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
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And all of the Eaton Burn Scar and vicinity.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025
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In the name of progress, much of the town, like everywhere in its vicinity, is dragged through time.
—Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
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The Chester Creek greenbelt trail had been closed off in the vicinity of the fire.
—Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2022
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Look for walnut trees in the vicinity of your vegetable garden.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
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At its peak, in the tenth and eleventh centuries, about forty thousand people lived in the vicinity.
—David Treuer, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
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The mission is the first in over 50 years to send humans to the vicinity of the moon.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
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When Wavy Dave waved, the male fiddler crabs in the vicinity upped their game.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
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The tiles date to the 1930s, and many houses in the vicinity used them.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
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Two other people were found in the vicinity, including a man who was shot at least once.
—Bruce Finley, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
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People may suffer mild burns and ruptured ear drums from being in the vicinity of a strike.
—Eva Flowe june 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026
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The station says a body, believed to be that of a 70-year-old man, was found in the vicinity.
—CBS News, 24 Aug. 2020
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The fire affected streets in the vicinity.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
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They're trapped at airports, in the vicinity of airports, around Afghanistan.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2021
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