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The trades “thus suggest inside knowledge not only of the fact that the crackdown news was going to be announced, but also its approximate timing,” Susquehanna said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Alphabet will replace Verizon in the Dow, increasing the index’s technology exposure with an approximate 4.0% weighting.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

“So I went in the studio and did it trying to sound like that guy,” Manilow recalled, stomping his foot to approximate a lumbering rock beat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 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

The agreement was never more than approximate, and it was based on a mystical belief that the heavens must be governed by geometry, not on anything that we would now call science.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

“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

Cultivated meat is created by growing livestock cells in a nutrient-dense fluid, then layering them in a way that approximates muscle fibers.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 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

Rather, they meant to establish what Lincoln called a “standard maxim for free society,” which should be constantly looked to, labored for and more nearly approximated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 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

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

Call it one hundred because ninety-five cries out to be approximated.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Sometimes seasoned simply with salt and pepper, sometimes coated in Shake ’n Bake, that sandy, paprika-tinged breadcrumb mix that crisped into something approximating a crust.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

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

The merchandise was so popular that Murakami and the Dodgers responded by approximating the famous words of Hall of Fame Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks: “Let’s play two!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025

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

I toss down a couple steps of something approximating the Charleston.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz