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abut

[uh-buht] / əˈbʌt /
VERB
touch or be next to something
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They start at abut $58,000 and $54,000, respectively.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

TotalEnergies will likely remain cautious abut its balance sheet and announce a $750 million share buyback, they write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

They sit just south of the 55,000-acre Tule River reservation and abut the Giant Sequoia National Monument.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

But after Lord Leveson published his report into the ethics of the press in 2012 police forces became much more cautious abut what information they released.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

The principal residences, standing in their own gardens surrounded by foliage and flowers, are scattered over the town, as are also the slums, almost the worst of which abut on the best residential quarters.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various