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Recent Examples of approximation
As announced today by genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences, the long-extinct canine — or at least a very close approximation of it — has been successfully brought back to life.
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Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Deliveries are the closest approximation of vehicle sales reported by Tesla but are not precisely defined in the company’s shareholder communications.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
That would have given him more complicated Taylor approximations, with exponents greater than 2.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
And, in many cases, these emulations will be reasonably close approximations to our experience, and will also comprise extensions that go beyond our experiences or abilities to enable ultrahuman augmentation.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
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Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Deliveries are the closest approximation of vehicle sales reported by Tesla but are not precisely defined in the company’s shareholder communications.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
That would have given him more complicated Taylor approximations, with exponents greater than 2.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
And, in many cases, these emulations will be reasonably close approximations to our experience, and will also comprise extensions that go beyond our experiences or abilities to enable ultrahuman augmentation.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for approximation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximation
Noun
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Its success inspired a US version to be made in 2010 starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee as the couple of solitary teenagers – one a vampire – who strike up an unlikely but soothing friendship.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
10 May 2025
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Certain classics like Little Women have been adapted multiple times, with each generation of moviegoer getting their definitive version.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
10 May 2025
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This tiny percentage creates 9 billion impressions in the LinkedIn feed every week.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Although a few mega-hits such as China’s Nezha 2 and Thailand’s How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies gives the impression that all is well – the truth is that box office recovery has been slow or uneven across most territories.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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Related article When the Dalai Lama dies, his reincarnation will be a religious crisis.—
Reuters,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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The best illustration of this phenomenon from the 2024-25 NBA Season is the reincarnation of the double big lineups.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Approximation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximation. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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