approximation
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Investigators then generated a forensic approximation of what she might have looked like based on a combination of DNA technology, her remains and Jesperson’s descriptions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The irony of the Daily Wire’s historical excursion is that Walsh has stumbled into an approximation of the very historical critique that critical race theorists have advanced for decades.
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
"This phenomenon was expected by some but now we have a precise approximation for it which didn't exist previously."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
Choi recognizes this caveat but said he thinks it is valuable to incorporate even a rough approximation of, say, future earnings rather than exclude them from financial planning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
For a long time, this was sufficient justification for Friedmann’s assumption—as a rough approximation to the real universe.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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