All 5 Uses of
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in
Fast Food Nation
- The typical American now consumes approximately three hamburgers and four orders of french fries every week.†
p. 6.6 *approximately = about (but not exactly)
- Between 1990 and 1995, approximately one million people left southern California, many of them heading to the mountain states.†
p. 64.4
- Approximately ten thousand new processed food products are introduced every year in the United States.†
p. 124.8
- In the eight years since the Jack in the Box outbreak, approximately half a million Americans, the majority of them children, have been made ill by E. coli 0157:H7.†
p. 199.5
- In addition to E. coli 0157:H7, approximately sixty to one hundred other mutant E. coli organisms now produce Shiga toxins.†
p. 221.9
Definition:
almost, but not exact; or similar