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about

[uh-bout] / əˈbaʊt /
ADVERB
in an opposite direction
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ADVERB
lying anywhere without order, arrangement
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PREPOSITION
near or close to in position
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PREPOSITION
on every side, in every direction
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Example Sentences

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She says she was not told about his previous conviction and only found out after the show ended.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Friday’s action comes after reports that a user had bypassed the safety guardrails of Anthropic’s Fable 5, adding to worries about cyberattacks that have built up since the company began previewing Mythos earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Think about when you want to sleep and then have the last caffeine hit eight hours before to help you power through.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

After it was announced that Murdoch’s Lupa Systems was buying Vox, there have been conversations about opportunities to share resources between the publications, like ad sales for podcasts, said people close to Murdoch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

Phineas is twenty-six years old, unmarried, and five feet, six inches tall, short for our time but about average for his.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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