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
  • After Robert leaves, Bret decides to investigate the home and finds his way in through an unlocked back door.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • After spending a considerable portion of 2025-26 on the fringes of the team, Lewis-Skelly stepped into midfield for the run-in, helping Arsenal to a first Premier League title since 2004 and earning a start in the Champions League final.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
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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
  • 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
  • From the abundance of excellent fish and chip shops nearby to the sense of stepping back in time when entering what is commonly regarded as the oldest stand still in use in the EFL, Blundell Park feels strangely life-affirming.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • When a friend was unable to reach Goldstein before a flight to a gig in Las Vegas, the friend called 911, and authorities found Goldstein in his bed with drug paraphernalia nearby.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of nearby
Adverb
  • Generally, the closer my preseason ranking came to a team’s final ranking in the actual Top 25, the better the grade.
    — Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • One of the most attention-grabbing stars in the sky still keeps its secrets close—and that is one of the main reasons astronomers have so much fun studying it.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of close
Adverb
  • The scene gives us little, just Porsha telling NeNe the itinerary, showing her some clothes, and then moving right along.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The bread machine works on a timer and hums along at its regular pace.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of along
Adverb
  • Beaverbrook is only around 40 minutes from Richmond by car, so the couple was close enough to pop by for site visits, food tastings, or any other last-minute matters.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Galaxy Book6 sports a massive 16-inch LED touchscreen display with a 1200p (Full HD+) resolution that’ll make long hours in front of it fly by.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
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