(somewhere) in the region of
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: close to (an amount) : about, approximately
He makes somewhere in the region of $100,000 a year.
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The timescale in which Planet Nine would render 2017 OF201's orbit unstable, and kick it out of the solar system, is in the region of 100 million years.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 May 2025
Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, received the maximum prison sentence in court in Vannes, a city in the region of Brittany on Wednesday, May 28.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 28 May 2025
An uncertain macroeconomic climate and a supply glut exceeding global demand growth, currently in the region of 1 million bpd, are taking their toll too.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Mathis Amougou, who joined Chelsea from France’s Saint-Etienne for a fee in the region of £12.5million in January, has been earmarked to go to Strasbourg next season.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 May 2025
Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, received the maximum prison sentence in court in Vannes, a city in the region of Brittany on Wednesday, May 28.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 28 May 2025
An uncertain macroeconomic climate and a supply glut exceeding global demand growth, currently in the region of 1 million bpd, are taking their toll too.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Mathis Amougou, who joined Chelsea from France’s Saint-Etienne for a fee in the region of £12.5million in January, has been earmarked to go to Strasbourg next season.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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“(somewhere) in the region of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28somewhere%29%20in%20the%20region%20of. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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