abut

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They start at abut $58,000 and $54,000, respectively.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

TotalEnergies will likely remain cautious abut its balance sheet and announce a $750 million share buyback, they write.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

But after Lord Leveson published his report into the ethics of the press, police forces became much more cautious abut what information they released.

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2025

Hundreds of thousands of people live around the Bien Hoa air base, and some of their homes abut the site’s perimeter fence, just yards from the contaminated areas.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2025

When a mandrel is used upon work having its bore threaded the mandrel also must be threaded, and must abut against a radial face, as at a, in Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua