in the vicinity of

phrase

1
: in the area that is close to (a place)
He lives in the general/immediate vicinity of the school.
2
: close to or around (an amount)
His yearly salary is in the vicinity of one million dollars.

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Its selectable impact angle and software designed to resist GPS spoofing are intended to provide greater flexibility against personnel and other targets in the vicinity of the engagement point. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026 Only two previous missions, NASA’s Mariner 10 in 1974 and its MESSENGER mission in 2011, have been in the vicinity of the rocky world. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 Erin Piacenti, 32, died at Bellevue Hospital shortly after being stabbed in the abdomen while in the vicinity of West 42 Street and Seventh Avenue, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD). — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 Over billions of years, this wind has bombarded every body in the vicinity of the Sun, including Earth’s Moon. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in the vicinity of

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“In the vicinity of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20vicinity%20of. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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