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
  • For them, the value is in being able to settle in, skip the logistics and focus on enjoying the time away.
    — Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Wearing The Tennis Necklace Without Overthinking It Diamonds are not the only way in.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of in
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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
  • What to do nearby The beach is less than a five-minute walk from the hotel, but don’t stop there.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Several other curved, slender bones were soon found nearby, according to pictures shared with the station.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of nearby
Adverb
  • With those sessions behind the team, the season creeps closer.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Although when seen up close or for prolonged periods, the digital dinos are remarkably bland and unimpressive — I was reminded of the notoriously bad CGI in the woeful Ray Bradbury movie A Sound of Thunder (2005).
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of close
Adverb
  • And then there are other equipment ideas that aren’t as far along, inspired by Coke’s desire to branch out into dirty soda, refreshers and coffee.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Only once that foundation is in place does the more surprising part of Friedman's research become relevant—what separates teams that clear this bar from those that merely limp along.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of along
Adverb
  • Negatives • Direct flights to Orange County are hard to come by, but more on that later.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The 32-year-old New York native joined AEW in 2021 and success wasn’t exactly easy to come by.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
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“Hereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereabouts. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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