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in the vicinity of

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in the vicinity of something

approximately a certain amount. The price for a house here is in the vicinity of $150,000.

Usage notes: used with money, percentages, and numbers

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of in the vicinity of (= near)

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In accordance with this rule it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house somewhere in the Vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on Isaac Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres in the old churchyard of King's Chapel. The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context Had Tom Swift's giant cannon been discharged somewhere in the vicinity of his home it could have caused but little more astonishment to Mr. Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context As there was not a single town or large village in the vicinity of the camp, the immense number of generals and courtiers accompanying the army were living in the best houses of the villages on both sides of the river, over a radius of six miles. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context More results

References in classic literature

In accordance with this rule it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston had built the first prison-house somewhere in the Vicinity of Cornhill, almost as seasonably as they marked out the first burial-ground, on Isaac Johnson's lot, and round about his grave, which subsequently became the nucleus of all the congregated sepulchres in the old churchyard of King's Chapel.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

Had Tom Swift's giant cannon been discharged somewhere in the vicinity of his home it could have caused but little more astonishment to Mr.

Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context

As there was not a single town or large village in the vicinity of the camp, the immense number of generals and courtiers accompanying the army were living in the best houses of the villages on both sides of the river, over a radius of six miles.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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