along about
idiom
US, informal
: at a time near (a specified time)
He arrived in the city along about July 17.
Our flight should be arriving along about 8:00.
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Bündchen laughed along with Behar and the audience and couldn't help but nod along about her appearance not changing too much over the past two decades.
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Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
Amid a surge of migrants crossing into the country, the administration is moving forward with construction of 18-foot tall steel fencing along about 17 miles of land near the Rio Grande in southern Texas, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 5 Oct. 2023
The crowd sings along about how working-class Americans are getting screwed over as if the song has been out for four decades instead of four weeks.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
The sewer district, according to its report, found that erosion was occurring along about 355 linear feet of a tributary to the East Branch of the Rocky River and was affecting about four residential properties.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
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Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
Amid a surge of migrants crossing into the country, the administration is moving forward with construction of 18-foot tall steel fencing along about 17 miles of land near the Rio Grande in southern Texas, according to a notice published in the Federal Register on Thursday.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 5 Oct. 2023
The crowd sings along about how working-class Americans are getting screwed over as if the song has been out for four decades instead of four weeks.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
The sewer district, according to its report, found that erosion was occurring along about 355 linear feet of a tributary to the East Branch of the Rocky River and was affecting about four residential properties.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
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“Along about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/along%20about. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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