thereabouts

adverb

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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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  1. hereabouts
  2. close
  3. in
  4. nearby
Adverb
  • 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
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  • Elliot Anderson and Declan Rice should continue in midfield, but Jude Bellingham must drop closer during build-up.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • When the two ends are brought close together, the magnet helps the connector automatically align and snap into place.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026
Definition of close
Adverb
  • The writers want to have the same quality and reward the intelligence of the fans and never phone a single thing in.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • As Neptune goes retrograde, anxiety creeps in at the realization of your fallibility.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of in
Adverb
  • The district, which plans to send out an inspector, could determine whether wind carrying coal dust stored nearby may be contaminating the sugar.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • As the sounds of fighting increased nearby, Al-Zaharnah decided to leave with his wife and youngest son.
    — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
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