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To better approximate this environment, the researchers created a simplified artificial gut community containing all 25 bacterial species from their initial experiments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Early data is approximate and we won’t get any official inflation figures until next month.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

He gave an approximate estimate that the VAT cut in Northern Ireland would initially cost the Treasury between £225m and £250m a year.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Senate seats in South Carolina become open with the approximate frequency of a total solar eclipse.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

One could predict the approximate number of times that the result would be A or B, but one could not predict the specific result of an individual measurement.

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

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

The more time they spend together during a summer in an Argentine beachside town, the more Maxi’s straight guy curiosity approximates real romantic interest for the cautious but enticed Pedro.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

His explanation for this time frame is that it approximates the debt refinancing cycle because the weighted average maturity of that debt is just over five years.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025

Instead he approximates the accents of teachers and classmates.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

She grew up loving Amy Winehouse and approximated her belting manner on some cuts, but other songs were more in the realm of glittery electro-pop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

So when he launched his own podcast this October, my reaction roughly approximated that one Vince McMahon meme: Bill Nighy has an advice podcast?

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025

To avoid overlap, the vertical placement of some circles is approximated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

Political complexity was greatest on Tonga and Hawaii, where the powers of hereditary chiefs approximated those of kings elsewhere in the world, and where land was controlled by the chiefs, not by the commoners.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Far easier to build the observatory of brick and to spray it with stucco, approximating concrete’s smooth contours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

In something more approximating plain English: Smith could ask Cannon’s de facto bosses at the U.S.

From Salon ● May 16, 2024

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

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 20, 2023

Crystal was founded in 1962 — the same year as Vail in Colorado — but never developed facilities approximating the industry’s flagship destinations.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2023

He blew into it, his red cheeks filling it with breath and spittle, creating screeching noises, nothing approximating music.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel