approximation

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of approximation Awareness is always a beat too late — our minds stitching together a rough approximation of what exactly happened. Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025 As Bitcoin either forces the world back on to classical money or becomes the approximation of classical money itself, dispatching fiat to the ash-bin of history, the demand for hedges against the whole currency system will fall. Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025 While 110 students from around the world went to work on complex math problems using pen and paper, several AI companies quietly tested new models in development on a computerized approximation of the exam. Emily Riehl, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025 In those instances, researchers analyzed the number of clinics in a specific country in order to determine that nation's approximation of IVF births. De Elizabeth, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for approximation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximation
Noun
  • This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers in venture capital and private equity.
    Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In April, the International Monetary Fund, which for decades has promoted versions of the austerity and deregulation policies that Milei adopted, rewarded Argentina with a new loan of twenty billion dollars.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Of his first impressions of his future wife, Plemons had nothing but praise.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Mindy Clifton made an impression on Sabrina Hawkins when the two met years ago as correction officers in Volusia County, Florida.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In New York, the story of real estate is also a story of reincarnation.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Most commonly used in Vedic astrology to look at the karmic and spiritual aspect of your life (think past lives, reincarnation lessons, and your destiny) , sidereal astrology is a system that aligns with the stars and bases each zodiac on the actual constellations in the sky.
    Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Approximation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximation. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on approximation

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!