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By examining the seismic measurements, the team was able to determine the approximate size and shape of the underground reservoir.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

PSA reported to police that two stolen pallets of about 100 packages of cards apiece had an approximate value of $963,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

This is approximate because some incidents use the date of the attack and some the date on which it was reported.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

As his team has plummeted in the SEC standings, he has noted that his quarterbacks are in competition—despite the approximate $2 million price tag on starter LaNorris Sellers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Let’s explore ways to utilize familiar pedagogies to approximate the core cultural values associated with music in West African culture.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

To save the hue, Voltarc reformulated it with a clever workaround: a color-balancing technique that approximates the iconic green glow without the missing component.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“We continue to believe that ARCC’s current dividend approximates the long-run underlying earnings power of our business,” CEO Kort Schnabel told listeners on last week’s earnings call.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

Department of Transportation have begun exploring replacing the existing funding structure with a simpler VMT tax that better aligns use with costs and better approximates the real price of roads.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

Cultivated meat is created by growing livestock cells in a nutrient-dense fluid, then layering them in a way that approximates muscle fibers.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2024

Instead he approximates the accents of teachers and classmates.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

The researchers first used a vacuum pump to remove air from glass tubes, producing conditions that approximated the near emptiness of space.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

The depreciation cost, they approximated, is actually $400 million a year, not $138 million like standard accounting principles had suggested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

His poetic titles often defy translation; their layered meanings and references can only be approximated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The attorney said that although Erickson testified he was going 55 mph in the 45 mph zone, an expert approximated his speed at 80 mph.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Call it one hundred because ninety-five cries out to be approximated.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

This posture caused blood to shift toward the lower body, approximating the circulatory effects of Martian gravity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Sometimes seasoned simply with salt and pepper, sometimes coated in Shake ’n Bake, that sandy, paprika-tinged breadcrumb mix that crisped into something approximating a crust.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

The majority of its dozen tracks coast along with an agreeable yet lifeless electro-pop groove, with layered voices approximating the earnest and indistinct ballads of latter-day Coldplay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

While Fennell’s film anchors itself in Brontë’s narrative landscape, it also takes creative liberties in service of approximating the director’s personal experience reading it as a teen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

Calmly, Granddaddy said, “I have managed to take perfectly good pecans and ferment them into something approximating cat piss.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly