hereabouts

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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. 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
  • Acclaimed chefs fly in for pop-up dinners and cooking classes.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The gable vent is one of several that can draw embers into your attic if one flies in.
    Juan Fernandez, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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
Adverb
  • People who lived there were very concerned that the new highway infrastructure would increase traffic and pollution nearby.
    Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Unsurprisingly, there’s a pollinator garden at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, but travelers can also try to spot monarchs in the wild nearby.
    Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Apple said that more details will be shared with cardholders as the transition date draws closer.
    Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • As the 2026 Winter Games draw closer, the pressure is impossible to ignore.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Comfort and familiarity are also gaining importance, with guests bringing routines along and seeking experiences that feel both relaxing and enriching.
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Missing pieces Cut marks on the bones show that people actively helped the cremation process along by removing some of the woman’s flesh, said Thompson, who is also an assistant curator of anthropology at the Yale Peabody Museum.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • For my own love life, 2026 is set to be a pretty pivotal year if my birth chart is anything to go by.
    Rebecca Fearn, SELF, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Bystander video shows the driver seeming to wave them by, as one of the vehicles passes and two immigration agents approach her car on foot.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026

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“Hereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereabouts. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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