thereabout
or there·a·bouts
about or near that place or time: last June or thereabout.
about that number, amount, etc.
Origin of thereabout
1Words Nearby thereabout
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How to use thereabout in a sentence
Males being merely half size or thereabouts might explain the relatively peaceful encounters.
Invasive jorō spiders get huge and flashy — if they’re female | Susan Milius | March 30, 2022 | Science NewsThe stretch between Silverton and Ouray is known as the Million Dollar Highway, honoring the gold ore extracted thereabouts…as well as the cost of building such a canyon-clinging ribbon of road.
The crash position, he explained, involves wrapping your hands underneath your legs and placing your head between your knees or thereabouts.
What it’s like to rescue someone at sea from a Coast Guard helicopter | Rob Verger | July 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe second thing is, because of the Affordable Care Act, we put in what are called medical-loss ratios, which say that a certain percentage, thereabouts of 80 percent of what an insurer takes in, has to go out the door to cover healthcare costs.
How to Fix the Hot Mess of U.S. Healthcare (Ep. 456) | Stephen J. Dubner | April 1, 2021 | FreakonomicsThere are now 250, or thereabouts, news organizations that are now part of the Institute for Nonprofit News.
The 74’s publisher Jim Roberts on bridging equality divides in education and making trust bonds with audiences | Pierre Bienaimé | October 27, 2020 | Digiday
So Meekins, at noon or thereabout, set off for Philadelphia, and before dark he was heard from.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTT is the finest part of the city and the merriest, for the best hostelries are in the Place Baudet and thereabout.
The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche | Anatole FranceAnd so they went to Salem, and some places thereabout, to visit and build up their friends in the faith.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeAndrew Harben considered, and he saw what a mess he would start thereabout if he ever let his lights go out.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellWith studied elegance, the Comte put his hat to his breast, or thereabout, and bowed as he held open the door.
Murder in Any Degree | Owen JohnsonHe was a man of sixty or thereabout, with a shrewd but not unkindly face that had something familiar in it.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston Churchill
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