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in the neighborhood of
Also, in the region of. Approximately, about, as in They paid in the neighborhood of a million dollars, or I don't know exactly what the exchange rate is—somewhere in the region of 95 yen to the dollar. The first expression dates from the mid-1800s, the variant from the mid-1900s.
Example Sentences
The tour is said to be the highest-grossing of all time, with ticket sales in the neighborhood of $2 billion.
The asking price on the secondary market for the least-expensive tickets are in the neighborhood of $1,500.
OK, then: Golden Staters can hop aboard the “Let’s Danify California” train, and sign a petition to help Denmark buy California for something in the neighborhood of a trillion dollars.
After 149 dates spanning five continents over nearly two years, the Eras tour — the highest-grossing concert tour in history, with estimated ticket sales in the neighborhood of $2 billion — came to an end at last Sunday evening with the third of three sold-out concerts at BC Place.
“The more conservative estimates about how many people that will incorporate are in the neighborhood of 50,000. That’s an enormous amount compared to the current number of actual political appointees, which is 4,000.”
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