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Recent Examples of thereabouts
The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts.
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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
In 1636, or thereabouts, Peter Paul Rubens painted an idyllic, autumnal landscape of his vast manor in the Belgian countryside for his own pleasure.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Mar. 2018
Once a month, or thereabouts, chef Juan Rodriguez will create a three- to four-course meal for a limited number of diners at Magdalena’s homebase at 502 Grand Ave.
—star-telegram, 7 Dec. 2017
Mid-September to mid-October, or thereabouts, is the prime time to work on fescue lawns in the Piedmont.
—Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver, 4 Sep. 2017
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
In 1636, or thereabouts, Peter Paul Rubens painted an idyllic, autumnal landscape of his vast manor in the Belgian countryside for his own pleasure.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Mar. 2018
Once a month, or thereabouts, chef Juan Rodriguez will create a three- to four-course meal for a limited number of diners at Magdalena’s homebase at 502 Grand Ave.
—star-telegram, 7 Dec. 2017
Mid-September to mid-October, or thereabouts, is the prime time to work on fescue lawns in the Piedmont.
—Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver, 4 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thereabouts
Adverb
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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
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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
Adverb
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The point is to keep eight low-lying pockets of the Lower East Side from turning into basins once the floodgates close.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The pair had grown close, with Rodriguez becoming more akin to a relative in the weeks leading up to the return.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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If your reactive skin has ever been personally offended by retinol (same), peptides offer a gentler way in.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
6 Apr. 2026
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With Scott and Thomas off to the NFL Draft, Fitzgerald is expected to slide in and be a starter in one of those two roles.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But House Democrats say their removal from committee doesn't go far enough, lodging an ethics complaint against Engen and Hudson after a photo taken hours before the arrest showing the pair eating lunch and drinking at a restaurant nearby before returning to the Capitol for floor debate afterwards.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Red Huber / Orlando Sentinel via AP file Anthony’s baby disappeared in Florida in 2008, and Anthony reported the case to authorities 31 days later, triggering an investigation and the discovery of the baby’s body nearby.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Thereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thereabouts. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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