APPROXIMATELY Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

approximately

adverb

ə-ˈpräk-sə-mət-lē

Definition of approximately

as in roughly

close to but not exactly it takes approximately three hours to drive to Dallas

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Recent Examples of approximately The project was backed by approximately £500,000 and involved UK Space Command and the UK Space Agency. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026 New York — Starbucks is closing approximately 250 locations in the coming days as the coffee chain continues to prune its store count during its turnaround efforts. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 The three members invited more than 30 guests and at some point there were approximately more than 600 people outside Maison Estelle, where someone is presumed to have fainted. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Across the broader modernization effort, these changes helped increase migration throughput by approximately 80% while reducing modernization timelines by approximately 60%. — Abhi Shimpi, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for approximately

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Until the Houthis’ intervention, the oil situation had appeared just about manageable, thanks to Red Sea exports and the US shepherding vessels through Hormuz; oil shipments there are now at roughly a third of pre-war levels.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026
In Japanese television, a cour refers to a broadcast block of roughly three months, and anime seasons are often split into multiple cours that air separately rather than airing all at once.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

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The 2023 rate was about 58%, the third-lowest of any suburban municipality, meaning the city fell $24 million short of target.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
The more likely outcome is that his payments will raise our annual national deficit, which is projected to reach $2 trillion by the end of the year, by about 50 percent--and add to the country's $40 trillion national debt.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

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More Just last year, individual senators used their powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to vote to block earlier Canada tariffs, but there’s no such option this time around.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Even though Douglas was moving around easily after the game, teams typically don’t know the seriousness of injuries until the player undergoes an MRI a day or two after suffering the injury.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

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