vicinities

noun

plural of vicinity
as in neighborhoods
an adjoining region or space there are no hotels in the vicinity of the hospital

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  1. neighborhoods
  2. backyards
Noun
  • That’s when Wormie World, an art scavenger hunt featuring hundreds of adorable ceramic worms, will host its third annual free urban art hunt throughout the city’s central neighborhoods.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • As was often said of New York neighborhoods with a strong Mafia presence, tightly run hierarchical mobs like to control the streets, and have little use for violent freelancers.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of neighborhoods
Noun
  • Nearby residents soon became incensed about the prospect of massive concerts that could funnel sound into their backyards.
    — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • As rural communities across the United States wage intensifying battles to keep AI-computing data centers out of their backyards, some tech giants are mulling methods that could sidestep such local resentment — by sending the facilities to space.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of backyards
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“Vicinities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicinities. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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