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thereabouts

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Recent Examples of thereabouts The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts. — 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

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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
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

Definition of hereabouts

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Over the past few days, the people at the front of the lines have gradually moved closer and closer to the courtroom, to the point where the doors can barely open without bumping into a throng of people.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
One minute, the Cardinals led 4-0 with two outs in the ninth and an All-Star closer (Riley O’Brien) on the mound.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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The kids started and stopped on a circular path outlined by orange traffic cones, with adults watching and directing nearby.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
The following day, hundreds of balaclava-wearing protesters blocked roads and clashed with police in Portmouth, which is also on the south coast, after a small boat carrying migrants landed nearby.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026

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