thereabouts

adverb

variants also thereabout
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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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  • Headline numbers rarely reflect the full structure of a deal, how much was cash at close versus earnout, versus seller financing spread over years.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Penalty on extra point moves Bishop Moore closer and the Hornets decide to go for two.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of close
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  • The partnership between two outsiders clawing their way in, joined by an equally canny journalist played by Claire Foy, comes to shape Fleet Street, the London thoroughfare where scribblers plied their trade, in Lamb’s and Murdoch’s images.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Shares of Nvidia which had initially declined slightly after the earnings report, reversed course and increased by more than 5% in after hours trading as company executives discussed the results on the conference call.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of in
Adverb
  • To begin, park at the Merry-Go-Round Lot 1 or nearby, keeping in mind that sometimes parking lots in the area close for setup and equipment for Shakespeare in the Park.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Officials told Indian media outlets that whatever fell off the glacier may have dropped into a glacial lake and blocked a river, resulting in the massive wave of ice, water and debris that plowed through settlements nearby.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026
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“Thereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thereabouts. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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