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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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“The women who have come forward are carrying years of pain. Speaking about that takes real courage,” Swalwell wrote in a tweet last month.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

One dermatologist was so incensed by my article he told me it had left him with a "feeling of absolute dread and trepidation" about how he was going to manage his Monday morning clinic.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Federal immigration agents were seen in the courthouse parking lot in Rancho Cucamonga around 9 a.m. and began arresting individuals as they left the building until about noon, advocates said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

At Westminster, MPs have generally been making one of two arguments about ways to lower our energy costs, which can be summed up as:

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

They know how I feel about you, how I feel about you, how I feel about you.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith