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thereabouts

British  
/ ˈðɛərəˌbaʊts /

adverb

  1. near that place, time, amount, etc

    fifty or thereabouts
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The men in this book, in their 60s or thereabouts, represent different walks of life and various stages of contentment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

I empathize because I’m in the exact same position, and I am also in my 70s or thereabouts.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

The 40-point mark - or thereabouts - could be needed once again to guarantee Premier League survival this term, with an in-form West Ham attempting to chase down the sides above them.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

If pushed, they almost always say that it was during the 1950s or thereabouts.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2024

And they must have taken me for thereabouts, too, though I was only thirteen, give or take.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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