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
Cuts to the program — including approximately $1 trillion in reductions passed in recent legislation — could ripple through agencies that employ aides and nursing assistants.
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Allie Canal, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
The prison is expected to generate approximately $100 million in annual revenue for the company once fully operational.
—Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Feb. 2026
Reports indicate that Van Der Beek earned approximately $35,000 per episode in the early seasons of Dawson’s Creek, and that increased to around $175,000 per episode by the final season.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Feb. 2026
The earthquake's epicenter was situated approximately 31 miles west of Petrolia and occurred above sea level.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Allie Canal, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
The prison is expected to generate approximately $100 million in annual revenue for the company once fully operational.
—Ben Fenwick, Oklahoma Watch, 13 Feb. 2026
Reports indicate that Van Der Beek earned approximately $35,000 per episode in the early seasons of Dawson’s Creek, and that increased to around $175,000 per episode by the final season.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Feb. 2026
The earthquake's epicenter was situated approximately 31 miles west of Petrolia and occurred above sea level.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximately
Adverb
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The bricks in the entryway wall could roughly indicate height.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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The appeals court panel had halted the district court’s ruling in October 2024 pending appeal, roughly two weeks after the lower court had struck down Texas’s ballot harvesting ban.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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By Thursday, investigators were looking for a man who’s about five feet nine or five feet ten, of average build.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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El Salvador has received about 250 Venezuelan nationals in March last year, while the other nations received far fewer deportees, ranging from 29 sent to Equatorial Guinea to none sent to Palau so far, according to the report.—
STEPHEN GROVES,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Last week, Kodak posted a 10-minute video that between YouTube and TikTok has racked up around 1 million views, in which Coogler makes complex topics like aspect ratios, film formats and sound design accessible and fun.—
Quincy Bowie,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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According to automotive enthusiast site CarBuzz, Bad Bunny reportedly traded in his multimillion-dollar Bugatti Chiron to drive around in an old 2003 Toyota Corolla in Puerto Rico.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Approximately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximately. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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