approximate

Example Sentences

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More than a dozen could not give an approximate start date.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Hegseth on Thursday indirectly confirmed the approximate value of the Pentagon's request for additional funding, saying: "As far as $200 billion, I think that number could move."

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Interactions are then added as small corrections, allowing researchers to approximate how large numbers of particles affect each other.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

The approximate share of the population that is estranged from a parent or child at any given time, research shows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

He'd never technically seen it, but he'd seen her enter the living room from this approximate side of the house.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green