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
An inversion layer is forecast to persist over the incident until approximately 1200 hours.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The family owns a home in Washington, Utah, approximately three-and-a-half hours from UVU.
—Mandy Taheri
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Important To The Event IndyCar and Penske Entertainment – the promoters of the Music City Grand Prix – indicated approximately 40,000 people were in attendance over the course of the two-day, Labor Day weekend event.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In a study of 530 high-level tennis players aged 12 to 18, approximately 70 percent had specialized in tennis by around 10 years old.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for approximately
Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The family owns a home in Washington, Utah, approximately three-and-a-half hours from UVU.
—Mandy Taheri
joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Important To The Event IndyCar and Penske Entertainment – the promoters of the Music City Grand Prix – indicated approximately 40,000 people were in attendance over the course of the two-day, Labor Day weekend event.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
In a study of 530 high-level tennis players aged 12 to 18, approximately 70 percent had specialized in tennis by around 10 years old.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximately
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Penske says roughly 20% of Google searches leading to its sites now display AI Overviews — and, here’s the rub, that those summaries lift material from publishers’ work, answer the user’s query directly on the results page, and keep readers from clicking through.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, social media platforms drive roughly 80% of total online traffic in the country and serve as vital channels for business and communication.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Cochrane’s machines sold for about $800 per unit around the turn of the 20th century.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Only about 3% of this year's participating students came from D-or-F-rated schools, which Smith said reflected little change from the previous year.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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With five blades sandwiched between two moisturizing bars, this razor speeds up the entire process (no fussing around with shaving cream), nourishing dry skin and making nicks a rare occurrence.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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During one such strike last week, around two dozen Russian drones entered Poland -- by far the largest-ever of Russian drones into NATO airspace.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Approximately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximately. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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