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as in neighborhood
an adjoining region or space
there are no hotels in the vicinity of the hospital
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as in proximity
the state or condition of being near
the vicinity of the town's only elementary school was one reason why the young couple bought the house
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Recent Examples of vicinity
Original Story 1/1: A Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside Trump Tower in Las Vegas this morning, killing the driver and injuring seven people who were in the vicinity.
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Chloe Albanesius, PCMAG, 2 Jan. 2025
William has barely finished damning everyone in his immediate vicinity when the British soldiers who’ve been chasing Jamie enter the house.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024
In the Irishman’s Wall vicinity, the team also uncovered a collapsed dolmen, or a prehistoric structure with standing stones holding up a capstone.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Many residents in the vicinity rely on wells, and saw levels of hazardous PFAS above national drinking water limits, according to private testing and state testing previously reviewed by The Sun as part of a February investigation.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
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Chloe Albanesius, PCMAG, 2 Jan. 2025
William has barely finished damning everyone in his immediate vicinity when the British soldiers who’ve been chasing Jamie enter the house.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024
In the Irishman’s Wall vicinity, the team also uncovered a collapsed dolmen, or a prehistoric structure with standing stones holding up a capstone.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Many residents in the vicinity rely on wells, and saw levels of hazardous PFAS above national drinking water limits, according to private testing and state testing previously reviewed by The Sun as part of a February investigation.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicinity
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It was posted long enough for screenshots to speed through neighbors’ text message chains and for the text to be copied onto neighborhood Ring camera chat groups and the Watch Duty app.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The Kenneth Fire started burning Thursday evening in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, near the Calabasas neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Tiers As always, each prospect pool ranking is broken down into team-specific tiers in order to give you a better sense of the proximity from one player — or group of players — to the next.Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Multiple mountain ranges that demarcate the disparate communities of Los Angeles County create picturesque settings for homes—in dangerous proximity to scrub that is prone to catching fire.Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Diners returned weekly for the food and music, listening to tunes ranging from blues to rock’n’roll, rockabilly and Americana.Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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The new version of the song, a more modern take to the original mariachi tune, was produced by Eden Muñoz and released by Alejandro Fernández Oct. 25 on Universal Music Latino/UMLE.Pamela Bustios, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2025
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Risk of infection is highest among people in the dairy and poultry industries who make direct contact with infected animals, or among people, such as the Louisiana man, who keep backyard flocks that could get sick from contact with infected animals in the wild.Alice Park, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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The individual contracted bird flu after exposure to a backyard flock and wild birds.Emily Mullin, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Vicinity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicinity. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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