vicinity

Example Sentences

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The talks in Geneva were held as American forces continued ramping up their presence in the vicinity of Iran.

From BBC

Star goalie Aerin Frankel had been a brick wall—in the rare instances that a puck had actually made it anywhere in the vicinity of the net.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to Hammack, the funds rate is now in the vicinity of neutral, meaning it’s not meaningfully restraining the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Citing the company’s 70% increase in fourth-quarter revenue and its adjusted operating margin of 57%, he concluded: “There is no public software company or defense contractor even remotely in that vicinity.”

From MarketWatch

In other instances, Seahawks defenders forced mistakes simply by charging into his vicinity.

From The Wall Street Journal