thereabouts
US thereabout
/ (ˈðɛərəˌbaʊts) /
near that place, time, amount, etc: fifty or thereabouts
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How to use thereabouts in a sentence
At the English invasion of 1296, they would both be vigorous young men of twenty-two, or thereabouts.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonIf his new deck-hand and cook's mate would come alongside at five or thereabouts, he would see to their adequate reception.
Jaffery | William J. LockeThereafter did the King cause the countryside thereabouts be searched for such men, & commanded them to be brought unto him.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) | Snorri SturlusonAbout six thousand years (according to mundane measure), or thereabouts.
He made no reply to the challenge that he was the chief supporter of a certain wanton thereabouts.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert Parker
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