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Idioms and Phrases
At approximately, as in We'll start at about nine . This phrase, most often used with respect to time (as at about four o'clock ), is sometimes criticized for being redundant. Although one of the two words sometimes can be omitted without changing the meaning—for example, About four o'clock is when most guests will arrive —in other instances both are needed, as in This stock is now selling at about its original offering price . [Early 1800s]Example Sentences
The police had been called at about 15:00 to reports of the boy "going missing after getting into difficulty in the water," the Met said in a statement on Saturday.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed that the 15-year-old's body was recovered from the lake in Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham at about 22:40 BST on Friday.
Officers at the Amador County prison found Robert E. Cole unresponsive in his cell at about 6:30 a.m., according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
They decided to terminate 104 of 109 teacher training grants valued at about $600 million nationwide.
Bonta’s suit said the California State University and the University of California lost eight grants that were valued at about $56 million.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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