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around

[uh-round] / əˈraʊnd /


ADVERB
close to a place
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But gross margins for the model are much lower, at around 32%, than the company’s current margins at more than 60%, RBC says.

From The Wall Street Journal

But believing that Citigroup is ripe for another relapse undersells how much has changed at the bank—and around it.

From The Wall Street Journal

To accommodate more volume, Hanwha is in active discussions with multiple federal, state and local officials about opportunities to expand capacity and property for storage around the Philadelphia region.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a remarkable statement on Tuesday, U.S. allies rallied around Denmark: “It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.”

From Los Angeles Times

Not that I should be getting this, but it feels like this nice wrapping around this as a special second layer that I could never have predicted or dreamed of.

From Los Angeles Times