environs

Example Sentences

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By the 1960s, two enormous developments had taken place in Korea and its environs.

From Literature

“Don’t be caught here after dark,” said the jittery cop, who brandished an assault rifle as he scanned the environs.

From Los Angeles Times

Wealthier often means having a nicer apartment, but an apartment all the same, existing in the same environs as those in a different price range.

From Los Angeles Times

The American remake of “The Office” transformed the blank environs of an office supplies wholesaler into an adorable terrarium.

From Salon

Gaxiola and his family soon drove off, leaving the ranch and environs to the police and investigators gathering clues to this unfathomable discovery that has transfixed Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times