hereabouts

adverb

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Recent Examples of hereabouts 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
  1. in
  2. thereabouts
  3. nearby
  4. close
  5. along
  6. by
Adverb
  • David plays himself in the scene, trying and failing to get a table at a fancy restaurant, only to watch Hannah walk in and get seated immediately.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In the best-case scenario, those flaws can be worked through and improved upon as the Leafs settle in and get used to new systems and new teammates.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of in
Adverb
  • The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts.
    — SI.com, SI.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • 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
Definition of thereabouts
Adverb
  • They were soon surrounded by a crowd of about 1,000 bewildered villagers, who alerted forest officials patrolling nearby.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Police officers alerted to the incident encountered the two young men nearby shortly after it was reported.
    — October 14, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of nearby
Adverb
  • The Brewers even have their own version of the White Flag trade, dealing star closer Josh Hader to the Padres for four players with the team in first at the 2022 deadline.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Any lead is comfortable for All-Star closer Bryan Baker, but four runs was a walk in the park.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of close
Adverb
  • Asus purpose-built the Ascent QN10 mini PC as an agentic AI tool to help this process along.
    — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Follow along for the latest updates from Week 9 around the state.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of along
Adverb
  • This serves as a great deterrent and law enforcement then become familiar with your business and tend to drive by and check on it more often.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Let’s hope not, but inspiration is increasingly difficult to come by.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
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“Hereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereabouts. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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