(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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After statistical analysis, the researchers reconstructed a timeline of weather patterns in the region of Transylvania (now Romania) and identified striking trends.
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Arsenal sold Biereth to Sturm Graz last summer and had a sell-on clause for him that will earn them in the region of £2m.
Chelsea
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—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Still, analysts estimate that the company could probably stretch to a deal in the region of half a billion dollars should the right opportunity present itself.
—Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 4 Feb. 2025
Russia's government has also come up with a program in which female students aged 18 to 23 could be paid for having a child and financial incentives have already been put in place in the region of Nizhny Novgorod.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Arsenal sold Biereth to Sturm Graz last summer and had a sell-on clause for him that will earn them in the region of £2m.
Chelsea
What has happened this week?
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Still, analysts estimate that the company could probably stretch to a deal in the region of half a billion dollars should the right opportunity present itself.
—Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 4 Feb. 2025
Russia's government has also come up with a program in which female students aged 18 to 23 could be paid for having a child and financial incentives have already been put in place in the region of Nizhny Novgorod.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 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 23 Feb. 2025.
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