in the vicinity of
idiom
1
: in the area that is close to (a place)
He lives in the general/immediate vicinity of the school.
2
: close to or around (an amount)
His yearly salary is in the vicinity of one million dollars.
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Eventually, Uecker began appearing on late night talk shows in the 1970s and 1980s, including in the vicinity of 100 guest appearances on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Many big men who have something in the vicinity of a 39-inch max vertical leap need to load up off two feet to access that level of explosiveness.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Trippe says the system would open a completely new window into the processes taking place in the vicinity of the black holes' event horizons, the boundaries from beyond which nothing escapes.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
The vessel was operating in the vicinity of the cables at the time of the incident and had set off from Russia the day before.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Many big men who have something in the vicinity of a 39-inch max vertical leap need to load up off two feet to access that level of explosiveness.
—Sam Vecenie, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Trippe says the system would open a completely new window into the processes taking place in the vicinity of the black holes' event horizons, the boundaries from beyond which nothing escapes.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
The vessel was operating in the vicinity of the cables at the time of the incident and had set off from Russia the day before.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Dictionary Entries Near in the vicinity of
in the usual/normal/ordinary course of business
in the vicinity of
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“In the vicinity of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20vicinity%20of. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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