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Also, in the region of. Approximately, about, as in They paid in the neighborhood of a million dollars, or I don't know exactly what the exchange rate is—somewhere in the region of 95 yen to the dollar. The first expression dates from the mid-1800s, the variant from the mid-1900s.

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Words nearby in the neighborhood of

in the mood, in the mouth, in the name of, in the near future, in the neck, in the neighborhood of, in the nick of time, in the offing, in the pink, in the pipeline, in the public eye
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Words related to in the neighborhood of

about, approximately, around, essentially, most, much, practically, relatively, roughly, virtually, almost, generally, nigh, well-nigh, near, about to, all but, as good as, close upon, in effect

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