in the neighborhood
idiom
: in the area that is close to something
Is there a grocery store in the neighborhood?
We might as well pay them a visit while we're in the neighborhood.
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Soto is expected to command a contract in the neighborhood of $700 million over 15 years.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
It was originally conceived as a way to showcase large-scale street art in the neighborhood, but now, people from all over the world come to gaze on the massive works by some of the art world's most renowned graffiti artists.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
Just being a good neighbor and having community involvement makes a difference – as an individual and in the neighborhood.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2024
Aside from faint memories of the brothers practicing tennis overnight and offering tennis lessons to kids in the neighborhood, Josh said the years have worn the brothers and trial out of his memory.
—Alicia Park, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
It was originally conceived as a way to showcase large-scale street art in the neighborhood, but now, people from all over the world come to gaze on the massive works by some of the art world's most renowned graffiti artists.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
Just being a good neighbor and having community involvement makes a difference – as an individual and in the neighborhood.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2024
Aside from faint memories of the brothers practicing tennis overnight and offering tennis lessons to kids in the neighborhood, Josh said the years have worn the brothers and trial out of his memory.
—Alicia Park, CNN, 26 Nov. 2024
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“In the neighborhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20neighborhood. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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