approximately
adverb
ap·prox·i·mate·ly
ə-ˈpräk-sə-mət-lē 
: in an approximate manner
an event in ancient history that can only be approximately dated
—used to indicate that a stated number, amount, or value is an approximationApproximately [=around, about] 2,000 people attended the rally.
arrived at approximately 11:30 in the morning
During a lifetime, a person will take approximately 500 million breaths.—
Arthur S. Slutsky, M.D., et al.
Arthur S. Slutsky, M.D., et al.Examples of approximately in a Sentence
it takes approximately three hours to drive to Dallas
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Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
The thieves remained inside the museum for approximately four minutes before fleeing on scooters waiting for them outside, investigators said.
—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2025
The Scary Movie 3 director also criticized the production budget for the new Naked Gun installment, which cost approximately $42 million to make.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
That level of output is enough to meet the annual power consumption of around 22,000 households – covering approximately 27% of all homes in the city of Andong.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 15 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for approximately
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“Approximately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approximately. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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