hereabouts

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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
Adverb
  • Chicago added two runs in the seventh inning when Pete Crow-Armstrong threw his bat at the ball to drive in Swanson, then Seiya Suzuki blooped another single in to bring in the fourth run of the game.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Here’s a look at who’s in, and who hasn’t made a decision yet.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 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
  • One used to nibble cheese and drink port nearby in a smoky room.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • This outdoor ornament can become a water feature by incorporating a fountain or water garden nearby.
    Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • All around them, guests smiled and laughed as children screamed with excitement and giggled each time a butterfly fluttered close.
    Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Seattle kept it close, cutting the lead to single digits in the fourth quarter before Atlanta held firm.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Where Gen Z seems to go along as an antidote to digital overload, the same hobbies are the only retirement lifestyle that many can afford.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • Bringing others along can feel like extra work in the moment—work that mostly benefits someone else.
    Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Adverb
  • Last season, scoring was hard to come by for Bay, which finished with a league-low 26 goals.
    Jane Kenny, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
  • If the volume of social media gripes is anything to go by, the Gotham Sports app hasn’t always provided a glitch-free experience for its users.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 July 2026

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“Hereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereabouts. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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