in the vicinity of

idiom

: in the area that is close to (a place)

He lives in the general/immediate vicinity of the school.

: close to or around (an amount)

His yearly salary is in the vicinity of one million dollars.

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Amid mounting tensions, two armed men were arrested in the vicinity of the vote-counting center after local police got tipped off by the FBI about an armed group traveling from Virginia to attack the building. —

WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024 All 35 developments in the complaint sent to Hobbs and the water agency are in the vicinity of the riparian area. —

Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024 Emergency officials said early Wednesday that fire crews and police were responding to the blaze in the vicinity of BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, northwest England. BAE Systems is one of the largest defense contractors in Europe. —

Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024 Several members of the group proposed planting small cameras in the vicinity of the boxes. —

Tess Owen, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the vicinity of

Dictionary Entries Near in the vicinity of

in the usual/normal/ordinary course of business

in the vicinity of

in the way of

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