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[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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Mosengo-Omba, however, has warned that perceptions about the disease are causing unnecessary anxiety.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Film rights to the book about the October 19, 2025 heist had been sold to the production company Iconoclast, the Flammarion publishing house said.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

An adviser contacted me recently about doing a Roth conversion.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

“The main reason was to find a place where I could grow without worrying about anyone hearing me or being disturbed,” he told me in 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

How did she not know about a place like this in the middle of the tall grass prairie?

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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