How to Use approximate in a Sentence

approximate

1 of 2 adjective

• Can you give me the approximate cost of the repair?
• This is the approximate location of the ancient city.
• Your zone will give you the approximate date to plant outdoors in your area.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026
• The approximate perimeter is shown as a black line on the map above.
  — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
• All start times, except for the first game of the day, are approximate.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2022
• Caltrans did not have an approximate time for when the lanes and on-ramp would be open again.
  — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
• But mourners could only record the approximate month of her death.
  — oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• Finding the right size is a matter of pairing your shoe size with your approximate calf size.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
• Mesa saw an approximate dip of about 8 percent in two-bedroom rates.
  — The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
• But that doesn't mean that savers still can't get an approximate idea of their potential earnings.
  — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
• That’s the approximate going rate for young franchise stars.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Roll crust out to an approximate 12-inch circle.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
• The map above shows the evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line.
  — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
• The map above shows the evacuation area in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line.
  — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
• The outfits are starting to come together, but none approximate works of art just yet.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2023
• Its approximate size is 80 feet.
  — Toby Meyjes, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
• The map above shows the former shelter-in-place area in orange and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line.
  — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
• Navigate or search for the approximate location of the place on the map.
  — Toby Grey, BGR, 11 Sep. 2022
• The speed of this downward thrust depends on Namor’s mass and the approximate surface area of the wings.
  — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2022
• The map above shows the approximate locations of those stations.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
• Barker did not provide an approximate address for the home or shooting scene.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• The map above shows the approximate locations of the shootings.
  — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
• See the list below for the approximate time each herb needs to spend in the dehydrator to be dry enough to crumble.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022
• Burk said the new field will have an approximate 70%-30% sand-to-rubber mix on top of the turf.
  — Shaun Goodwin june 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 June 2026
• Both brands do disclose on their boxes the weight and the approximate number of candy pieces inside.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
• Note that all flight times and distances are approximate and can be affected by wind and other weather.
  — AFAR Media, 9 Oct. 2025
• To offer an animal to the gods was to offer life itself, and a life approximate in size and power to one’s own.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2022
• Prices are approximate and may vary based on the treatment plan, materials used, and exchange rates.
  — Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
• Over time, a small clump grows into a thicket the approximate size of Delaware.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2023
• But this would only be meant as an approximate description of the expression.
  — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

approximate

2 of 2 verb

• The colors in the pictures can only approximate the real thing.
• I've finally found a vegetarian burger that approximates the taste of real beef.
• In each case, the deep net would need to learn to approximate a new function.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2021
• So there's recipes that sort of approximate how the Vikings ate it.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
• There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
• The strength of the signal helps approximate how close people are.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020
• The next step is trying to approximate the schedule of an in-person school day.
  — Brian Platzer, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2021
• The doc is wisely shot in black and white, to approximate the mood of Downey Sr.
  — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
• Mature finger limes approximate a human thumb in size and shape (hence the name).
  — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 12 Jan. 2024
• Plus, there’s just something fun about popping open a sparkling-wine bottle that a can can’t approximate.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 June 2021
• Neural networks can be used as a kind of shortcut to approximate the work of physics models.
  — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• From song to song, the album approximates the emotional whiplash of falling in and out of love.
  — David Peisner, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• The primer will be tinted with a small amount of color pigment to approximate the paint color.
  — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
• Here’s a playlist that rummages through pop history to approximate what the next couple of weeks might feel like.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2020
• Head to the gym midday and approximate the magic morning routine at noon.
  — Sherry Walling, Fortune Well, 15 Aug. 2023
• Each round is decorated with ropes of dough that have been stretched and indented to approximate the shape of bumpy bones.
  — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021
• The catalogue of jaw-dropping moments between them is too vast to even approximate a list.
  — Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
• Some non-alcoholic wines can come close to approximating the flavor and texture of wine, but those are hard to come by.
  — Ni'kesia Pannell, Woman's Day, 15 Mar. 2023
• Martin laughed this week when asked to approximate the number of hours he’s allocated to this.
  — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
• Their pattern of learning tends to approximate what is known in eating circles as binging.
  — Robert Tucker, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
• They were sent to a home address or post office box near the area’s election office, to approximate the path ballots would take.
  — The Enquirer and Usa Today, The Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2020
• The cram course in haute cuisine food prep enabled Edebiri to approximate the skill set of a gifted sous-chef.
  — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
• But Posey acknowledged that none of that work can approximate an encounter with a big-league pitcher.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• The researchers crunched the numbers to approximate how air, rather than water, would flow into the same structure.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 June 2021
• Its bottle was carved from a block of wood to approximate a three-dimensional rendering of a sound wave.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
• For those that have been tested, our pros used the models at home to best approximate the frequency and variety of home use.
  — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
• So, which games are best for approximating the challenges Artemis will face in settling the moon's surface?
  — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
• Fluffy and often unruly, most sedges don't approximate the look of a traditional lawn.
  — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
• Rounded shapes are flattened or approximated with broad planes, so that clothes aren’t worn by the figures so much as blocked on, like shadows.
  — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
• To approximate those strand-sized pathways, the team fashioned channels in ice using human hair.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025