as in roughly
close to but not exactly
it takes approximately three hours to drive to Dallas
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Recent Examples of approximately
About 51 kilograms, or approximately 112 pounds, of cocaine and fentanyl were seized.
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Austin Turner, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Of the approximately 100 coal ash sites in Indiana, 49 were classified as legacy sites.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
How to Get There The easiest and most common ways to travel to the Cotswolds from London are by direct train—approximately 90 minutes from London Paddington Station to Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham, or Charlbury—or by car, which tends to take a bit longer due to traffic (allow about two hours).
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Displacing approximately 7,800 tons with a length of 370 feet, Virginia is longer but lighter than the previous Seawolf-class submarines.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
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Austin Turner, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Of the approximately 100 coal ash sites in Indiana, 49 were classified as legacy sites.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2026
How to Get There The easiest and most common ways to travel to the Cotswolds from London are by direct train—approximately 90 minutes from London Paddington Station to Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham, or Charlbury—or by car, which tends to take a bit longer due to traffic (allow about two hours).
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
Displacing approximately 7,800 tons with a length of 370 feet, Virginia is longer but lighter than the previous Seawolf-class submarines.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximately
Adverb
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But roughly nine miles north, fans such as Jose Santiago and Ivan Gonzalez enjoyed the match at a fraction of the price.—
Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
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Before the war, roughly 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas supply passed through the channel.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
Adverb
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While Daly City is widely known for having the highest concentration of Filipinos in the region, the broader San Jose metropolitan area boasts a thriving community of about 109,000 Filipino Americans, according to Pew Research data.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Iran's blockade of the strait, which carried about 20% of the world's oil supply before the war, has throttled traffic through the critical oil shipping channel, driving up fuel prices and threatening the global economy.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
Adverb
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The next inning, the Rays’ Ben Williamson hit a two-out single to Tucker in right field, and Tampa’s Jonathan Aranda darted around third toward home.—
Liana Handler
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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Sublime is in the tiny town of Muda, and there’s really nothing around except the hotel and miles of forest.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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“Approximately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximately. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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