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around

[uh-raund] / əˈraʊnd /


ADVERB
close to a place
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“The Department has not had any conversations about TPS or how it relates to construction projects around the city,” the spokesperson wrote in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

With the temperature around 90 degrees Fahrenheit, an NGC2 smartphone issued to a Wall Street Journal reporter who attended the drills overheated, rendering it unusable until it cooled down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The other comes from chemical signatures preserved in some of the oldest stars in and around the Milky Way - the galaxy that contains our Solar System.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Negative sentiment around AI has proven an obstacle to its development, as people worry about the impacts of the technology on the job market and push back against data-center projects.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

She lives around here and walks freely—except at night.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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