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about

[uh-bout] / əˈbaʊt /
ADVERB
in an opposite direction
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ADVERB
lying anywhere without order, arrangement
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PREPOSITION
near or close to in position
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PREPOSITION
on every side, in every direction
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Example Sentences

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Soon, the team plans to add more information to the connectome, including details about neuropeptides, the small, protein-like molecules that neurons use to communicate.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

At first, she was nervous about adding something so different from the other traditional lawns on her street.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The devices created in Lozano's lab are about the size of a thumbnail.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

On Tuesday, Israel ramped up strikes on Tyre, a city that before the war was home to about 100,000 people and considered southern Lebanon’s economic heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Arms flung about each other, they enter the saloon through its double swinging doors.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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