as in almost
very close to but not completely
somewhere around 15,000 people live in town
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Recent Examples of somewhere
Mammals, though, have mostly lost this ability somewhere along their evolutionary path.
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Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Frame and Rudden bring a greater dramatic intensity than the more lighthearted Brogan or Frye, with Taylor somewhere in the middle.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Jean occasionally stayed in the room following her dad’s death, but typically resided somewhere else, according to Joseph.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
So, back of the envelope calculation suggests that GDP would drop somewhere on the order of 0.2% for every $10/barrel increase in oil prices.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
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Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
Frame and Rudden bring a greater dramatic intensity than the more lighthearted Brogan or Frye, with Taylor somewhere in the middle.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
Jean occasionally stayed in the room following her dad’s death, but typically resided somewhere else, according to Joseph.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
So, back of the envelope calculation suggests that GDP would drop somewhere on the order of 0.2% for every $10/barrel increase in oil prices.
—Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for somewhere
Adverb
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When a tariff bill for almost $11,000 arrived without warning, Robert Keeley reached for one of his last financial lifelines and cashed in 1.83 million American Express reward points to pay it.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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The first American Pope officially comes from the Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel, which seems almost as fantastical as coming from the Gladden Fields of Middle Earth.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
1 July 2025
Adverb
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All that effort has put more than 1.3 million asteroids in our catalogs, but astronomers expect Rubin to identify perhaps three times that many new objects—practically without trying.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
1 July 2025
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Thought and action are practically one and the same: Hungry!—
Mari Andrew,
Time,
1 July 2025
Adverb
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The 30-month-long case, which thrust Idaho into the national spotlight, spanned several states as investigators searched for a suspect for nearly seven weeks.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2025
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Aldean has racked up 30 No. 1 country radio hits across his career, along with over 20 million albums sold and nearly 20 billion global streams.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
1 July 2025
Adverb
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The detention immigration facility is located in an idle airstrip found within the Florida Everglades, about 40 miles west of Miami International Airport and halfway to Naples.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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The Butterfly now makes up about 30% of our North American revenue.—
Tanya Benedicto Klich,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Adverb
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The future of collaboration is not man versus machine, but man with machine—in an open, visible process where every contributor can see, learn from, and be fairly assessed for their effort.—
David Ferrucci,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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The Bulls will want to negotiate this number down — which is more easily accomplished by compromising on a longer contract — but their commitment to the guard has been fairly clear in the build-up to these negotiations.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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“Somewhere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somewhere. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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