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adverb

Definition of abroadnext
1
as in afloat

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as in elsewhere

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abroad

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adjective

as in vacationing

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Recent Examples of abroad
Adverb
Of course, James spent a great part of his life abroad, and toward the end of his life became a British citizen. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026 The legislation faced sharp criticism at home and abroad, and thousands of Slovaks repeatedly took to the streets to protest the law. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 And many of the best and brightest scientists and researchers spurned by America are going to other countries and are hired by businesses abroad that compete with our own—including, as Lee anticipated, China. — Robert Hormats, Time, 4 July 2026 A couple dozen friends were reuniting after attending a wedding together in Vietnam, choosing Ăn Cỗ as a way to relive their festivities abroad. — Karen Yuan, Vogue, 3 July 2026 The deal was unveiled during DANAFF Industry Days at the fourth Danang Asian Film Festival, a program launched to connect Vietnamese content producers with buyers from abroad. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2026 Ebbecke, a native of Richmond, Virginia, who has lived abroad with her German husband for the last eight years, decided to line her windows with foil days into a record-breaking heat dome that raged through Europe in late June. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Current law protecting overseas voters requires that citizens abroad, including military, be sent their absentee ballots at least 45 days prior to the election. — Jamie Rowen, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 As previously discussed, thousands of children of Americans abroad are excluded from the initial $1,000 seed deposit because of narrow citizenship and residency definitions. — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Adjective
Congress looks increasingly deadlocked, public opposition to his aggressive moves at home and abroad mounts, and the central issue for many Americans – cost-of-living concerns – defies easy solutions. — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026 Ultimately, linking his story to abroad conversation around CTE. — MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abroad
  1. afloat
  2. elsewhere
  3. departed
  4. everywhere
  5. afield
  6. retired
  7. hereabouts
  8. afar
Adverb
  • With opportunities to earn money, buy properties and negotiate deals, the contestants must work to stay afloat as the bankrupt players get eliminated, with only one player left standing.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 13 July 2026
  • Inglewood Unified was beset by financial crisis and low academic achievement when the state took control in 2012 as a condition of a $29 million emergency loan to keep the school system afloat.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of afloat
Adverb
  • Kelly Davis wasn’t planning on staying for the Sheryl Crow concert, coming to Fan Fest before leaving for a World Cup gathering elsewhere.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
  • After the update, College Football Points can no longer be applied in Dynasty or Road to Glory, though any remaining balance stays in the account and can be spent elsewhere in the game.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of elsewhere
Adjective
  • Judaism approaches these moments with deep sensitivity, offering guidance not to judge or criticize, but to bring dignity, comfort, and peace—to the soul of the departed and to those left behind.
    — Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of departed
Adverb
  • Talbots also has plenty of double-duty pieces, including these poplin ankle pants and a jersey maxi dress that can take you from your desk to dinner and everywhere in between.
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
  • Online platforms have made gambling available virtually everywhere and around the clock.
    — Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 10 July 2026
Definition of everywhere
Adverb
  • The area/neighborhood The British Museum is just a four-minute walk away, and slightly further afield on Doughty Street is the Charles Dickens Museum, in the house where the author lived from 1837–1839 and wrote Nicholas Nickleby and Oliver Twist.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026
  • Here are three nearby destinations to consider for your next camping trip (four-legged friends included) — plus three bonus campgrounds farther afield.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Definition of afield
Adjective
  • Since her final college routine in 2019, Ohashi was loving her retired athlete life.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Peverill Squire, a retired University of Missouri political science professor, previously predicted that voters would see a flood of ads on both sides of the income tax overhaul debate this election cycle.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Definition of retired
Adverb
  • This time the recipient is area rancher Benjamin Bonney (Dermot Mulroney), who along with his thuggish sons is suspected of murdering anyone hereabouts who won’t surrender their own land to him.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Blame the damp and moderate climate hereabouts or the particular ardor of the northern red-legged frog, but our target species is ready to hop anytime between early November and the middle of March.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
Definition of hereabouts
Adverb
  • That telepathy, between head coach and assistant, should put Deschamps’ sporting mind at rest even from afar.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • From afar, Silva, who lives in Iowa, has watched her sister’s anguish deepen with no word from her husband.
    — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Definition of afar

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