APPROXIMATION Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

approximation

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as in version

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Recent Examples of approximation This season, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), the show’s closest approximation of a hero, finally claims the Iron Throne, many years after having been named heir to it, controversially, by her father, King Viserys I (Paddy Considine), in Season 1. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 The score is an approximation rather than a medical reading, and one bad night is not a problem. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026 What sleep data can actually tell you That score is an approximation, not a medical reading. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026 Not intimately, and not from the inside out, but as more than an approximation. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for approximation

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The original version of the property was housing for local cigarmakers in the 1800s.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
Watching someone make a brave decision or step into a new version of themselves matters deeply to me.

— Michelle De Almeida, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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But while Jumbo’s has garnered a mythology as a magnet for filmmakers, writers and musicians who collect impressions, the dive’s dancers have shifted from being the subject to the artists.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
To watch 2026 college football means receiving the impression that all of sports and politics are united in favor of a perfect bill, and none of that is the case.

— Jason Kirk, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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