at around

at around

Near or close to; approximately; around. Usually refers to a numerical value or point in time. We're planning to arrive at around noon. He was a huge man, standing at around seven feet tall. The lottery this week is valued at around $200 million.
See also: around
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • get (someone) around the table
  • get around the table
  • find way around
  • around (one's) ears
  • bomb around
  • go around and around
  • gaze around
  • crowd around
  • crowd around (someone or something)
  • gaze around at (someone or something)
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Fire officials said the blaze reached fourth alarm and razed 50 houses, causing an estimated P250,000 in structural damage, before it was put out at around 6:48 a.
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1) Police would like to hear from these two men following a theft at Tesco in Stockton on January 12 at around 3.50pm.
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Men said they spend around PS18 in a typical month on technology such as TVs, laptops and tablets, while women put their spending on this at around PS8 a month.
Damascus, SANA -- The Industry Ministry estimated the value of direct and indirect damage to its establishments, companies, and, facilities due to terrorism from the beginning of the crisis up to June 2014 at around SYP 212.779 billion, around 99.426 of them from direct damage and around 113.352 from indirect damage.
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Police are seeking witnesses after the four boys, all believed to be aged 11 to 12, were said to have been racially abusive to an Asian man aged in his 50s outside Abba's Fashion, in Friars Road, Barry, at around 3.30pm, on Sunday, March 2.
Weighing in at around fifty tons, she was in the middle of her migratory route from Northern California, down past Baja California, to the breeding grounds in Hawaii.
When she was unable to give them any, the men picked up watches and jewellery and left the address at around 9.
Indeed, interest rates in Europe, Japan, and the United States axe all at around 45-year lows, which are inducing global investors to stretch for yield and to venture into more risky and less familiar waters.
also recently signed a 20-year lease, said to be set at around $45 per SF, to open its newest location in 2004.
The VIP equipment cleans around 100 bins a day at around pounds 2.50 a time.
Base price of a complete portable dryer with closed-loop loading to the press starts at around $7500 for a 25-lb/hr size.