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(somewhere) in the neighborhood of something

Fig. approximately a particular amount or measurement. I take somewhere in the neighborhood of ten pills a day for my various ailments. My rent is in the neighborhood of $700 per month.

(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.

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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. Adventure of the Black Fisherman by Irving, Washington View in context Pass quickly over mountains, and keep in the neighborhood of valleys. The Art of War by Sun, Tzu View in context 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. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			in the interest of saving time in the interim in the know in the lap of luxury in the laundry in the light of in the line of duty in the line of fire in the long run in the long term in the loop in the main in the mainstream in the making in the market in the market for in the meantime in the meanwhile in the middle of in the middle of nowhere in the midst of in the money in the mood in the name of in the near future in the neighborhood of in the nick of time in the offing in the open in the palm of hand in the picture in the pink in the pipeline in the poorhouse in the prime of life in the process of in the public eye in the raw in the rear in the red in the right in the right place at the right time in the road in the rough in the running in the saddle in the same ballpark in the same boat in the same breath in the same league in the scheme of things			in the midst of In The Mix Productions In The Moment in the money in the money in the money in the money in the money in the money in the money In the Money Option In the Money Options In the Mood In the Mood for Love In the Mormon Scheme of Things In the Morning In the Mouth of Madness in the name of in the name of in the name of in the name of in the name of in the name of In the Name of Christ In the Name of Love In the Near Future In the Near Future in the neighborhood in the neighborhood in the neighborhood in the neighborhood of In the News in the next breath in the next breath in the next breath in the next breath in the nick of time in the nick of time in the nick of time in the nick of time in the nude in the offing in the offing in the offing in the offing In the Open In the Open In the Open In the Open In the Open In the Open In the Opinion of the Referee in the opposite scale In The Out World in the palm of hand in the past In the person of in the picture In the Pink In the Pink In the Pink (disambiguation)

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