How to Use on about in a Sentence

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  • Those who lost the least missed out on about $8,000 a year.
    — Marc Cohen, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
  • In the pilot, Vince went on and on and on about the smell of the dead arm in the cooler behind him.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Located on about 83 acres at the south end of the city, all but nine acres of the mall are owned by the city.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But on about my eighth cast to it, the egg fly just disappeared, the fish then moved, and took off.
    — Outdoor Life, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The comet will come closest to the sun, inside the orbit of Mercury, on about Sept. 17.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Over the same period, the S & P 500 has only tacked on about 1%.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In total, the fire is burning on about 448 football fields of land.
    — Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 15 June 2024
  • Antonoff, in particular, worked on about half of the record.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2024
  • The prices on about 1,500 items have already been cut, and all the remaining price changes will be in place by the end of the summer.
    — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • Shea got writing credit on about 20 episodes of this one.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Black struggled for years on about $500 a week but slowly found his comedic voice.
    — Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Yet in another sense it’s based on about twelve things.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The range sits on about 30 acres and includes a target practice and a dog training course.
    — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Thanks for listening to me jabber on about the Atlantic.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 25 July 2024
  • Prices have been cut on about 1,500 products already, and more will come throughout the summer.
    — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 21 May 2024
  • It is based on about 2 million searches in 100 metro areas.
    — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • While neither Ryan nor Hassie spoke out about the rumor at the time, there’s no denying now that fans were spot on about them.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Carvalho went on about the challenges his district has faced this school year.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The three-story townhomes will be built on about 10 acres of low, flat land within the site, where the buildings will not block views from nearby homes.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Given that VCs cater to a select few, fail on about 80%, and need home runs to pay for the failures, the question looms: can Gates make a dent and leave a legacy?
    — Dileep Rao, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The zigzags represent movement, the researchers said, and have been seen on about 12% of the carvings at Toro Muerto.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • This is a brilliant shot of the Moon, with the light from Earth shining on about 75 percent of the lunar surface and the remainder brightly lit by the Sun.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The prose was based on about 6,500 words of plot beats, mostly the result of me heavily rewriting the AI’s suggestions.
    — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 24 May 2023
  • Parker’s human was reading and had no idea what Parker was on about.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Now, one thing the internet seems to go on and on about, but never answers, is the question of whether or not Carter is left-handed.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
  • There will undoubtedly be a lot of shenanigans going on about all of this.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Prices are already reduced on about 1,500 items, according to a news release, with more to come over the summer.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2024
  • Meanwhile, the two clueless old-timers in her orbit natter on about their man problems.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Phillips has been going on about Biden’s age for some time now, apparently.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The two-story build sits on about half an acre with four bedrooms plus two-and-a-half baths in a tent-like structure that’s finished in plaster and dark wood trim.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024

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