1
as in approximately
close to but not exactly
roughly 80% of the country's population is of that faith
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as in severely
in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering
if you treat the machine roughly, it will of course break
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Recent Examples of roughly
Shares, which are up 7.3% this year, added roughly 1.5% in premarket trading Friday following the upgrade.
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Higher balances at graduation: Women earning a bachelor’s degree graduate with roughly $2,700 more debt on average than their male peers.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Here’s what to know for borrowers Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans.
—Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2025
The scene is roughly the same in the game, though the show's version of Joel is more aggressive; Joel knocks Seth to the ground in the show, but only lightly pushes him in the game.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Higher balances at graduation: Women earning a bachelor’s degree graduate with roughly $2,700 more debt on average than their male peers.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Here’s what to know for borrowers Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans.
—Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2025
The scene is roughly the same in the game, though the show's version of Joel is more aggressive; Joel knocks Seth to the ground in the show, but only lightly pushes him in the game.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughly
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The dinner announcement comes a week after approximately 40 million Trump meme coins were unlocked to investors.—
Elaine Mallon,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Apr. 2025
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Pete described the rubble as weighing approximately 70 tons.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Each nation has contributed about a third of the debris.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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And about as well as their last seven games of this regular season, too.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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From bedtime to bilingual prompts, these Latina moms are bending AI to fit around their world, not the other way around.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
21 Apr. 2025
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Stephen Curry Curry had the top-selling jersey last year, but came in at number two this time around.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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And then there's the national security angle, which Google has been pushing harder since the start of the year.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025
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Even though the Trump administration has made no secret about its intentions to downsize and remake federal health agencies, many in the field of injury and violence prevention weren't expecting their corner of the CDC to be hit so hard.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughly. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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