- a variation of thereabout.
thereabouts
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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This man took his Social Security checks at 64 because it accounted for only 20% of his monthly income, and he estimated his longevity at 86 or thereabouts, his approximate breakeven age if he’d waited.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
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
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 this hall, with its fifty workers or thereabouts, was only one subsection, a single cell, as it were, in the huge complexity of the Records Department.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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