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.

Examples of in the vicinity of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On Sunday afternoon, sheriff’s deputies recovered a rifle near I-75 and in the vicinity of the SUV recovered the evening prior. —

Bradford Betz, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024 Esmeralda Marie Pineda, 24, was rescued on Friday at the top of a river canyon in the vicinity of the Yuba River, north of Sacramento, the sheriff's office said. —

Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2024 Great Parks offers Wi-Fi in the vicinity of visitor centers at Miami Whitewater Forest, Winton Woods, Sharon Woods, Woodland Mound, Nature Center at the Summit, Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve, Glenwood Gardens and Lake Isabella. —

Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2024 The sources said the attacks by Hezbollah and Iran are likely to be bigger than the one conducted by Iran last April and include the launching of missiles and drones at military targets in central Israel, including in the vicinity of civilian population centers. —

Barak Ravid, Axios, 11 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the vicinity of

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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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