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Recent Examples of approximately The total project cost was approximately $5.4 million. Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 22 June 2025 Apple shares have lost nearly one-fourth of their value since their December 26, 2024 record high, wiping out approximately $900 billion of market value. Jonathan Stempel, USA Today, 21 June 2025 In what is considered to be the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history, 7 men were charged for breaking into a Brinks semitruck and stealing approximately $100 million worth of gold, diamonds, rubies, emeralds & watches being transported in 2022. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 21 June 2025 Iberia Airlines will invest approximately $6.9 billion into its flight operations. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for approximately
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Adverb
  • Clinics that deployed those tools saw denial rates drop by up to 45%, shaving a median nine days off accounts receivable cycles and preserving roughly $1.4 million in annual savings per 100-bed equivalent each year.
    Sally Ragab, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • The project is expected to cost roughly $95 million, according to commission documents.
    Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
Adverb
  • President Donald Trump’s trade war and recession fears have roiled markets and weighed on the dollar, which is down about 9% this year.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 19 June 2025
  • The 21-year-old Tenafly native flew from Israel to the U.S., landing on Thursday, about one month after his May 12 release from captivity in Gaza.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 June 2025
Adverb
  • Seager is at the center of what is fast becoming a crisis for a team that should be a contender, a point that Bochy delicately stepped around before Thursday’s game.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
  • The first firefighters entered the flat at around 1:07 a.m.
    Time, Time, 20 June 2025

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