approximating

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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

Nowadays, Thewlis’ return to something approximating our old-fashioned picture of Holmes reminds us of sensibility’s valiance in a world given to absurdity and madness.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

Because Sondheim was not around for the rehearsal process, it’s impossible to say whether he would have thought the musical had attained something approximating final form.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

But other approximating physics could be replaced by better or truer formulas.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 20, 2023

So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking