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approximate

[uh-prok-suh-mit, uh-prok-suh-meyt] / əˈprɒk sə mɪt, əˈprɒk səˌmeɪt /






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The map below shows their approximate positions, which were shared with The Wall Street Journal by security officials in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

Crockett likens that to the approximate weight of a baseball, “which is seen as maybe a nonstarter for mass appeal.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

When the team modified their simulations to approximate the effects of clouds, the results aligned more closely with the observations.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

The air traffic controller asks him for more details: “Do you have like approximate size or how many engines or style or anything like that?”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

In some cases those dates are approximate because there is no record of exact start dates.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

“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

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

This approximates the experience of the Project Prakash children, because they can process full color information as soon as their cataracts are removed.

From Science Daily May 23, 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

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

Many argue that while hard to measure, cognitive diversity can be approximated by demographics.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

A corona of neon tubes overhead and along the walls of Davies Symphony Hall looked cheesy but approximated Scriabin’s color concept.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2024

“We will,” Alex said, and for the first time since speaking to Bri, he felt something that approximated happiness.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

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

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

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




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