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Recent Examples of hereabouts
And while the absence of a hometown rooting interest obviously won’t translate into a total baseball blackout hereabouts, only someone who’s been clobbered over the head by Wonderboy might expect to see the World Series ratings reach the heights of last year.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Back before the local teams began winning national championships, the Beanpot was indeed an end in itself, a year’s worth of bragging rights and a significant recruiting tool hereabouts.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
Unfortunately, there was not enough room to accommodate the huge crowd that came to the Energy Center last month for the discussion about what to do about tree loss hereabouts.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Back before the local teams began winning national championships, the Beanpot was indeed an end in itself, a year’s worth of bragging rights and a significant recruiting tool hereabouts.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
Unfortunately, there was not enough room to accommodate the huge crowd that came to the Energy Center last month for the discussion about what to do about tree loss hereabouts.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hereabouts
Adverb
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That’s great, in and of itself.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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Auriemma may be feeling her absence, but from the outside looking in, Bueckers hasn’t seen the team miss a beat without her on the court.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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The big brands are scrambling to design V4 liter bikes—sport bikes with 1000cc engines, or thereabouts—and making major noise about the V4’s triumphant return to public roads.—
Matthew Jancer,
Popular Mechanics,
26 Apr. 2019
Adverb
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Plenty of traffic and people nearby but for some reason restaurants struggle (in) that spot.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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Order a coffee at Minu, arguably the coolest cafe in Greece, and then sit in its garden or take it to go to explore the antique shops nearby.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Polls close across North Carolina, where Democrats are watching Durham closely.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Higher-magnification binoculars such as 12x50 or 15x70 — the latter regarded as specialist astronomy binoculars — will bring the lunar surface closer still.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Construction is rolling along at the site near the Colbern Road-Douglas Street intersection off Interstate 470, and Crown Veterinary Services became the first business to open in the development in January.—
Nathan Pilling
March 3,
Kansas City Star,
3 Mar. 2026
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Follow along as the AP tabulates votes and calls races.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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If the Brits are anything to go by, feather boas and harlequin jumpsuits are out, and French-girl flats are in.—
Alice Newbold,
Vogue,
28 Feb. 2026
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The officers pushed at least two people to the ground as snowballs flew by and attendees filmed with their phones.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Hereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereabouts. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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