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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about three places away" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a relative distance or position in a context where you are describing someone's location in relation to another point.
Example: "The restaurant is about three places away from the library, just down the street."
Alternatives: "approximately three spots away" or "roughly three locations away".
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I was about three places away from Barbara.
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One person who thought about that, presumably, was Stephen Stills, who was sitting one place away from David Geffen, two places away from Ahmet.
But transit officials said the conductor placed the tip about three inches away from where he should have, and the wax did not melt.
The nearest places to see the torch being run are Modbury and Kingsbridge, both about three miles away.
Downtown Sarasota is about three miles away.
She sat about three feet away.
It lands about three feet away.
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In the sixties, the street kids who hung out on the pier were central to the Stonewall riots, which took place about five blocks away.
Until three years ago, the event took place about five miles away, in a retail sector developed as the Miami Design District — not as easy a trek for the Richter-owning sofa buyer.
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