- present participle of approximate.
approximating
Example Sentences
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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
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
In something more approximating plain English: Smith could ask Cannon’s de facto bosses at the U.S.
From Salon ● May 16, 2024
When you have people who can’t tell what’s real anymore and what’s authentic because the machine intelligence is now approximating the human intelligence, that is really the biggest risk.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
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
