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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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But of course that would open the door to other teams to complain about what happened, and their result.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Wall Street anticipates Oracle’s operating margins to compress by about 3 percentage points as the company’s business mix shifts toward OCI, a more capital-intensive part of the business.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

President Trump was earlier asked about the incident.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Vanguard, which pioneered index mutual funds, says that about 30% of retirement account holders choose equity funds if they’re offered by plan sponsors, and most are indexed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Still, she doesn’t want to go to Novaliches—especially after what Father Monaghan has told her about Tala.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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