roughly
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Treasury yields traded near session lows after a $22 billion auction of 30-year government bonds priced roughly in line with expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The latest unrest comes against a backdrop of widespread poverty, deep inequality and unemployment affecting roughly a third of the workforce.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
A reading of 100 corresponds to the options market pricing roughly six basis points of daily movement in Treasury yields over the following month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“These kittens might be — once they grow up and leave mom at roughly around 1½ — one of the first lions to actually use the wildlife crossing,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Thus in 1705 Hailey, having noticed that a particularly bright comet reappeared roughly every seventy-five years, predicted that the comet now known as Hailey’s Comet would return in 1758.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
