(somewhere) in the region of
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: close to (an amount) : about, approximately
He makes somewhere in the region of $100,000 a year.
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For the media and entertainment market, that number is believed to be in the region of $26 billion.
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Arvin Patel, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
According to sources with knowledge of the arrangement, the fee is in the region of €25million (£20.9m; $26.9m).
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
By the time its mission concludes in 2030, the Euclid consortium expects the dark universe detective spacecraft to have uncovered somewhere in the region of 100,000 galaxy-galaxy-strong lenses.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Now think about wine history in Italy, a narrative that can be traced back several thousand years; much of that early history happened in the region of Campania, in southeastern Italy.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Arvin Patel, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
According to sources with knowledge of the arrangement, the fee is in the region of €25million (£20.9m; $26.9m).
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
By the time its mission concludes in 2030, the Euclid consortium expects the dark universe detective spacecraft to have uncovered somewhere in the region of 100,000 galaxy-galaxy-strong lenses.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Now think about wine history in Italy, a narrative that can be traced back several thousand years; much of that early history happened in the region of Campania, in southeastern Italy.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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“(somewhere) in the region of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28somewhere%29%20in%20the%20region%20of. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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