in the neighborhood of

Idioms and Phrases

Also, in the region of . Approximately, about, as in They paid in the neighborhood of a million dollars , or I don't know exactly what the exchange rate is—somewhere in the region of 95 yen to the dollar . The first expression dates from the mid-1800s, the variant from the mid-1900s.

Example Sentences

“The more conservative estimates about how many people that will incorporate are in the neighborhood of 50,000. That’s an enormous amount compared to the current number of actual political appointees, which is 4,000.”

From Slate

Last week, my wife and I found ourselves in a restaurant in the neighborhood of Cleveland known as Ohio City.

From Salon

The incident occurred Saturday night as a man was walking his pitbull, Gigi, in the neighborhood of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park near Foothill and Glenoaks boulevards.

From Los Angeles Times

Comcast pays the International Olympic Committee something in the neighborhood of $1 billion per Olympiad to air the Games on NBC platforms.

From Slate

The three were injured when a car ran them over in the neighborhood of Romema, northeast of the city center.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• about
• approximately
• around
• essentially
• most
• much
• practically
• relatively
• roughly
• virtually