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'approximately' in a sentence

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approximately adverb

: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct


  • Approximately thirty people were arrested.
  • It's better to be approximately right than completely wrong.
  • The phone rings approximately fifty times an hour.
  • The bridge is approximately a mile long.
  • What's this city's population, approximately?
  • Approximately seven billion people inhabit our planet.
  • The trip will take approximately three hours.
  • This tree is approximately three hundred years old.
  • Approximately one hundred people died in the accident.
  • The total is approximately ten thousand dollars.
  • The percentage of carbohydrates in animal cells is approximately 6 percent.
  • The train will remain at this station for approximately 2 minutes.
  • That's approximately the same thing.
  • We have a low tide approximately every six hours.
  • Dogs breathe approximately 30 times a minute.
  • We're approximately the same age.
  • Approximately 300 houses were built here last year.
  • Chemical products account for approximately two-thirds of our exports.
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