vicinity
Example Sentences
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He asked residents in the vicinity to check their exterior cameras and contact the FBI or the West Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office if they spotted anything that looks suspicious or out of place.
From Los Angeles Times
The talks in Geneva were held as American forces continued ramping up their presence in the vicinity of Iran.
From BBC
Star goalie Aerin Frankel had been a brick wall—in the rare instances that a puck had actually made it anywhere in the vicinity of the net.
According to Hammack, the funds rate is now in the vicinity of neutral, meaning it’s not meaningfully restraining the economy.
Citing the company’s 70% increase in fourth-quarter revenue and its adjusted operating margin of 57%, he concluded: “There is no public software company or defense contractor even remotely in that vicinity.”
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
