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in the neighborhood of

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(somewhere) in the neighborhood of something
about or approximately. The size of the library is in the neighborhood of 5,000 books. We hope to get somewhere in the neighborhood of $150,000 for our house.
Usage notes: used before a number and sometimes following something: We've had something in the neighborhood of 80,000 hits on our website.27% of the time this follows "somewhere"--SL, 8/02

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All now that remained was to ascertain the precise spot where the treasure lay buried, for otherwise he might dig at random in the neighborhood of the crosses, without coming upon the spoils, and he had already had enough of such profitless labor.
Pass quickly over mountains, and keep in the neighborhood of valleys.
The expected evening was, however, the wonder of the hour; nor was the curiosity at all diminished when Richard and Benjamin, on the morning of the eventful day, were seen to issue from the woods in the neighborhood of the village, each bearing on his shoulders a large bunch of evergreens.
 
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