APPROXIMATION Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

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Recent Examples of approximation This is an approximation based on years of berry eating, not a real statistic. — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2026 But much of it also had an obvious swagger and drive, sometimes with grooves that hinted at funk, or at least a Jane’s Addiction-like approximation of it. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026 To get their approximation, the team started with a software package called SPECFEM3D Cartesian, which is dedicated to 3D reconstructions of seismic waves. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 The trade-off is precision and tooling maturity, so this suits tasks that can tolerate approximation more than ones needing bit-exact results. — David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for approximation

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Previous versions included the planet’s core, mantle, crust and stellar radiation but did not account for the surface and atmosphere.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Handle what truly needs you, and protect a smaller version of your original intention if necessary.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026

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Ofl the newcomers on the roster, junior guard Trent Lincoln and sophomore forward DJ Thomas made the strongest first impressions.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2026
A lot of these orderly compositions soon give off the impression of a cage — if Mari Kusu’s performance as Takeshi’s mother, bristling with frustration, didn’t already imply as much.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026

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One thing leads to another, and soon Vision finds himself on the run with Thomas (Ruaridh Mollica), an 18-year-old grifter who’s actually the reincarnation of his super-speedster son with his late witchy wife Wanda.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
In particular, Greek mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras and his disciples may have associated beans with reincarnation, so some thought eating them was technically an act of cannibalism.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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