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By examining the seismic measurements, the team was able to determine the approximate size and shape of the underground reservoir.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

PSA reported to police that two stolen pallets of about 100 packages of cards apiece had an approximate value of $963,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Your area’s heatwave threshold may be approximate if your postcode is near a county boundary.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

I could tell she was measuring up its shadow to determine the approximate hour.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

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

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

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

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

He’d even approximated the artillery reach from each of the gun turrets on the towers and signified with dotted lines how he guessed the different inner chambers would be laid out.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

This posture caused blood to shift toward the lower body, approximating the circulatory effects of Martian gravity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

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

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

From Salon ● May 16, 2024

It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck