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in places

in places prepositional phrase: in some places and not everywhere; of a patchy nature.

Prepositional phrase

  1. In some places and not everywhere; of a patchy nature.
    • It could turn a little misty in places towards dawn.
    • The edges of the pond had already turned to ice in places in October.

Questions about in places

What does in places mean?
In places means in some places and not everywhere; of a patchy nature.
What part of speech is in places?
In places is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in places in the dictionary

  1. in phase
  2. in piety
  3. in pig
  4. in place
  5. in place of
  6. in places
  7. in plain sight
  8. in plain view
  9. in play
  10. in plenty
  11. in pocket

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