How to Use approximate in a Sentence

approximate

1 of 2 adjective

• Can you give me the approximate cost of the repair?
• This is the approximate location of the ancient city.
• The shadow of the stick gave an approximate hour of the day.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023
• All start times, except for the first game of the day, are approximate.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2022
• The approximate pick value for the No. 58 pick in the MLB draft is $1.4 million.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• The speed of this downward thrust depends on Namor’s mass and the approximate surface area of the wings.
  — WIRED, 28 Oct. 2022
• The approximate start of the procession will be 1:30 p.m.
  — Fox 19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer, 1 July 2022
• Navigate or search for the approximate location of the place on the map.
  — Toby Grey, BGR, 11 Sep. 2022
• The start time for the Slam Dunk Contest is approximate and will depend on how long or short the other events last.
  — oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
• These times are approximate based on how long the undercard fights and ring walks take.
  — oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
• See the list below for the approximate time each herb needs to spend in the dehydrator to be dry enough to crumble.
  — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2023
• Finding the right size is a matter of pairing your shoe size with your approximate calf size.
  — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
• But mourners could only record the approximate month of her death.
  — oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• The map above shows the approximate locations of those stations.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
• The prize fund, which will be up for grabs when the next drawing takes place on Wednesday, has an approximate cash value of $516.8 million.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 July 2023
• To offer an animal to the gods was to offer life itself, and a life approximate in size and power to one’s own.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2022
• Three of the asteroids are the approximate size of commercial airplanes, with the largest among them being 170 feet long.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• Mesa saw an approximate dip of about 8 percent in two-bedroom rates.
  — The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
• The bill now heads to the Senate, where it’s expected to pass with scant room to spare before an approximate deadline of Monday.
  — Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
• The approximate retail value of the prize, including the welcome gift, is $300.
  — Condé Nast, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• Both brands do disclose on their boxes the weight and the approximate number of candy pieces inside.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
• His approximate recovery time is nine months, the team said.
  — oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2022
• Over time, a small clump grows into a thicket the approximate size of Delaware.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2023
• The outfits are starting to come together, but none approximate works of art just yet.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2023
• Map showing the approximate area where a U.S. military craft crashed into the sea, about 45 miles south of mainland Japan.
  — Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
• Each tiki torch in the set of four stands five feet high and holds 12 ounces of oil for an approximate six-hour burn time—long enough for a barbecue that extends late into the evening.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022
• The collection includes five soy wax candles made in Canada (Eh!), each with 48 to 63 hours of approximate burn time.
  — ELLE, 21 July 2022
• Enter Equal Pay Day — an approximate measure of just how many months into the new year a woman has to work for her earnings to catch up with what a man made in the prior year.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
• To calculate square footage, multiply the room’s approximate length by its width and find an air purifier that will work in the space.
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2023
• The shaded areas of the map show the approximate boundaries where air quality is available and listed as anything other than good.
  — Kristi Tanner, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024

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approximate

2 of 2 verb

• The colors in the pictures can only approximate the real thing.
• I've finally found a vegetarian burger that approximates the taste of real beef.
• So there's recipes that sort of approximate how the Vikings ate it.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
• The doc is wisely shot in black and white, to approximate the mood of Downey Sr.
  — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022
• In each case, the deep net would need to learn to approximate a new function.
  — Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2021
• The strength of the signal helps approximate how close people are.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020
• The next step is trying to approximate the schedule of an in-person school day.
  — Brian Platzer, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2021
• From song to song, the album approximates the emotional whiplash of falling in and out of love.
  — David Peisner, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• The moves were part of the overall approval of the city’s approximate $182 million budget for the fiscal year starting May 1.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2021
• That could approximate or exceed the revenue growth rate in 2019.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
• Here’s a playlist that rummages through pop history to approximate what the next couple of weeks might feel like.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2020
• The researchers crunched the numbers to approximate how air, rather than water, would flow into the same structure.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 June 2021
• The cram course in haute cuisine food prep enabled Edebiri to approximate the skill set of a gifted sous-chef.
  — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
• The one character who approximates the requirements is Tedros — in the world of the show, the outsize magnetism belongs to him.
  — Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 30 June 2023
• The best ticket at an Olympic venue couldn't begin to approximate what an NBC camera sees.
  — Ted Anthony, ajc, 1 Aug. 2021
• Mature finger limes approximate a human thumb in size and shape (hence the name).
  — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 12 Jan. 2024
• Plus, there’s just something fun about popping open a sparkling-wine bottle that a can can’t approximate.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 June 2021
• The weight of the snow pushes some of the fluid up through a tube, giving a reading that approximated the snow’s water content.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• The 30-year-old baker Mina Park, who owns the Brooklyn cake shop 99, approximates fondant with mochi.
  — Zoey Poll Katja Mayer, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
• They were sent to a home address or post office box near the area’s election office, to approximate the path ballots would take.
  — The Enquirer and Usa Today, The Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2020
• Each round is decorated with ropes of dough that have been stretched and indented to approximate the shape of bumpy bones.
  — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021
• This ring means something to me: To my mental health, my peace of mind, the never-ending art of approximating balance.
  — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2023
• Head to the gym midday and approximate the magic morning routine at noon.
  — Sherry Walling, Fortune Well, 15 Aug. 2023
• Some non-alcoholic wines can come close to approximating the flavor and texture of wine, but those are hard to come by.
  — Ni'kesia Pannell, Woman's Day, 15 Mar. 2023
• But Posey acknowledged that none of that work can approximate an encounter with a big-league pitcher.
  — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• For those that have been tested, our pros used the models at home to best approximate the frequency and variety of home use.
  — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
• Kharas and King are fully immersed in club culture, writing catchy pop songs that approximate the build and release of the best dance-floor drugs.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2022
• Even so, people around the word can still use this chart to approximate the moon's position relative to Mars and Aldebaran.
  — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
• While the origins of tarot are somewhat hazy, most researchers approximate the date of origin to the late 14th or early 15th century.
  — Tanya Akim, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
• For the basic idea imagine trying to rationally approximate a number, say 1/3.
  — Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023

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