as in equivalent
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Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in approaching
to come near or nearer to in character or quality
Rob's violin performance last night didn't even approximate what he's really capable of when he's not feeling sick
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximating
Adjective
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The neighboring Port of Long Beach moved 9.6 million 20-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, last year.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025 -
The beloved release also improves on the Billboard 200, moving up five places to settle at No. 59, thanks to nearly 15,000 equivalent units moved.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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Overall, Nexstar’s distribution sales for the first quarter of 2025 were $762 million for the quarter, nearly flat with the comparable year-ago period.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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One that’s more demonstrable in the industry than other comparable examples of societal laziness.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
Verb
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These areas accounted for 71% of corporate deal activity through Q3 2024, reflecting strong demand and strategic importance.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Deployment grew by 20% in 2024, reflecting higher-quality deals and more realistic valuations.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The creator replaced it with a nearly identical bronze statue shortly after, but moved its location to private property nearby and attached it to concrete and metal rods.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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Since its inception roughly 50 years ago, the recipe remains nearly identical and closely guarded.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Merely matching expectations last season was good enough for the Yankees to win their division and claim home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs.—
Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Lopez's full outfit turned out to be a floor-length skirt with matching embellishments to the abs-baring cropped top.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The work of flattening out three-dimensional sculpture into a two-dimensional painting was analogous to intellectualizing and abstracting Blackness as media became more mobile in the early twentieth century.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Together, these provide a wealth of data that any neuroscientist would envy — analogous to a perfect map of a person’s brain, along with separate electrodes to monitor the activity of each neuron.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The survey results often provide validation and locker-room white-board fodder in equal parts for teams eager to prove themselves.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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Still, the overall vibe in Capital One Arena was laced with equal parts sadness and optimism, and that made sense.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Going on multiple dates with multiple people via apps that are more or less pretty similar is going to cause some kind of fatigue.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
3 May 2025
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One editor felt the cake was similar to Angel Food cake, while two other editors compared the sweet, nutty aroma of the cake to cornbread.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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“Approximating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximating. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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