1
as in approximately
close to but not exactly
roughly 80% of the country's population is of that faith
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2
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
For Russ Butler, 89, and Carlene Jenkins, 89, the friendship dates back roughly 80 years.
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ABC News, 19 June 2026
Plans called for converting the site into a detention facility capable of housing up to 10,000 detainees and supporting roughly 2,500 employees.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 19 June 2026
That’s roughly 700 lb (317 kg) lighter than the lightest Tesla Model 3 currently on sale.
—Utkarsh Sood
june 19, New Atlas, 19 June 2026
Interestingly, each family stays within roughly a 25-acre parcel of land.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
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ABC News, 19 June 2026
Plans called for converting the site into a detention facility capable of housing up to 10,000 detainees and supporting roughly 2,500 employees.
—Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 19 June 2026
That’s roughly 700 lb (317 kg) lighter than the lightest Tesla Model 3 currently on sale.
—Utkarsh Sood
june 19, New Atlas, 19 June 2026
Interestingly, each family stays within roughly a 25-acre parcel of land.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughly
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Investigators later discovered approximately 51 kilograms — more than 112 pounds — of cocaine and fentanyl inside the suspects' vehicle, according to NCIS.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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Lightning hits the United States approximately 25 million times annually.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
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Few sites, however, became such frequent battlegrounds as the parking lots of Home Depots, where day laborers congregate, or were hit as persistently and severely as the open air car washes that dot sunny Southern California.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Video and images of about 150 strikes against Russian fuel tankers, trucks and other vehicles have been geolocated and analyzed by French open-source analyst Clément Molin and the volunteer-run OSINT group Geoconfirmed, as well as CNN’s OSINT team.—
Gianluca Mezzofiore,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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The drugs brought on psychotic episodes that were destructive, and when his son was about 20, the family made the difficult decision to ask Sean to leave the house.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
Adverb
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The peak came as the Great Recession, touched off by a housing and financial crisis, rippled harshly through the global economy.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
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Political dissent can be harshly policed outside the stadium, but domestic clubs’ most ardent fan groups, often called ultras, are brazenly outspoken in their cheering.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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The next inning, the Rays’ Ben Williamson hit a two-out single to Tucker in right field, and Tampa’s Jonathan Aranda darted around third toward home.—
Liana Handler
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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Sublime is in the tiny town of Muda, and there’s really nothing around except the hotel and miles of forest.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Fortunately, this spell of hot temps will be a generally drier heat — not necessarily oppressively humid like is typical for New England.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
19 May 2026
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The first of the four chapters is an oppressively gray-toned, narratively diffuse spy thriller, set amid the mists of what appears to be the Second World War.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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The United States often feels more fractured than fraternal, a search for commonality hard to find in a land of boundaries drawn harder each day.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Condos have been hit hard by rising costs associated with ownership, such as HOA dues and homeowners insurance.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Netflix's latest adaptation of a Harlan Coben thriller is a dark story of a man accused of brutally killing his son.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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In 2022, Kohberger brutally stabbed and killed Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle in their Moscow, Idaho rental home.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughly. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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