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Recent Examples of hereabouts
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.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Back before the local teams began winning national championships, the Beanpot was indeed an end in itself, a year’s worth of bragging rights and a significant recruiting tool hereabouts.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
Unfortunately, there was not enough room to accommodate the huge crowd that came to the Energy Center last month for the discussion about what to do about tree loss hereabouts.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Back before the local teams began winning national championships, the Beanpot was indeed an end in itself, a year’s worth of bragging rights and a significant recruiting tool hereabouts.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
Unfortunately, there was not enough room to accommodate the huge crowd that came to the Energy Center last month for the discussion about what to do about tree loss hereabouts.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hereabouts
Adverb
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Transfers out and in should rely on a number of factors, including the upcoming fixtures for the outgoing and incoming players, as well as their underlying numbers.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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After years of sluggish activity, sidelined homebuyers may finally be ready to jump back in, with mortgage rates now at their lowest level in more than a year and home prices softening across many major metro areas.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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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
Adverb
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Levi Strauss, founder of the world-famous denim brand, rests nearby at the Home of Peace Jewish Cemetery.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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The move is all the more comical when it's revealed that Jenner asks the question during All's Fair production, with Close and costar Niecy Nash watching nearby.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Riding the ‘Bus’ Filip Gustavsson was really sharp again, giving the Wild a chance by keeping it close.—
Joe Smith,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The 31-year-old reliever combined for 27 saves between Pittsburgh and New York and is slated to be the Yankees' closer moving forward, as Devin Williams is unlikely to return.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Hereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereabouts. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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