in the neighborhood of

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Higher rain totals, in the neighborhood of 1 to 2 inches, are expected in the foothills and mountains.

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But Stiller and De Niro are both big runners in their free time, which apparently starts in the neighborhood of 4:40 a.m.

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He’ll only snag something in the neighborhood of that payday if he meets a specified production threshold and all those projects succeed.

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There’s a roughly one-in-four chance of lower-but-still-notable precipitation, in the neighborhood of 1.39 inches, but an equal chance of a far-more-potent soaking of 4.81 inches over the same time period.

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His forecast is well above what he said is the $26.8 billion consensus view, though he noted that more bullish estimates are in the neighborhood of his own.

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