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Recent Examples of hereabouts
This time the recipient is area rancher Benjamin Bonney (Dermot Mulroney), who along with his thuggish sons is suspected of murdering anyone hereabouts who won’t surrender their own land to him.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Clearly someone wants to scare them off from uncovering whatever dark hidden truth controls much of life (and death) hereabouts.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Blame the damp and moderate climate hereabouts or the particular ardor of the northern red-legged frog, but our target species is ready to hop anytime between early November and the middle of March.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
Back before the local teams began winning national championships, the Beanpot was indeed an end in itself, a year’s worth of bragging rights and a significant recruiting tool hereabouts.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
The 21st century has been very, very good to the sports fans hereabouts.
—Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
Unfortunately, there was not enough room to accommodate the huge crowd that came to the Energy Center last month for the discussion about what to do about tree loss hereabouts.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
To meet a certain piano player called Reg Dwight, who I’ve been informed will be somewhere hereabouts.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 28 May 2019
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Clearly someone wants to scare them off from uncovering whatever dark hidden truth controls much of life (and death) hereabouts.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Blame the damp and moderate climate hereabouts or the particular ardor of the northern red-legged frog, but our target species is ready to hop anytime between early November and the middle of March.
—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
Back before the local teams began winning national championships, the Beanpot was indeed an end in itself, a year’s worth of bragging rights and a significant recruiting tool hereabouts.
—John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
The 21st century has been very, very good to the sports fans hereabouts.
—Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
Or maybe the good people of Shell Lake and hereabouts earned it by putting out the small-town, big-hearted welcome mat.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2022
Unfortunately, there was not enough room to accommodate the huge crowd that came to the Energy Center last month for the discussion about what to do about tree loss hereabouts.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2020
To meet a certain piano player called Reg Dwight, who I’ve been informed will be somewhere hereabouts.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 28 May 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hereabouts
Adverb
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On the final day, El Batey becomes a focal point, with live drumming and dancing that invite both locals and visitors to join in.—
Melissa Rose Cooper,
Essence,
18 Apr. 2025
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Now, potential employees are flown in for a one-day, in-person interview.—
Melissa Mahtani,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The sides that are going to be there or thereabouts are now there or thereabouts.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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Villa will no doubt have their work cut out to avoid the dreaded drop though, and are expected to be there or thereabouts come the end of the season.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
13 June 2019
Adverb
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New samples collected and analyzed by NASA’s Curiosity rover are pushing researchers closer than ever to finding out if Mars was once truly capable of supporting life.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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The fact that Affleck and Lopez have been committed to staying close with each other’s kids has been evident since the early days of the divorce rumors.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Hereabouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereabouts. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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