All 4 Uses
approximate
in
Spare Parts, by Joshua Davis
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- At approximately 11:00 p.m. that night, officers banged on the door of a sleeping family.†
p. 32.7 *approximately = about (but not exactly)
- By 2001, the 13 regional competitions had approximately 25,000 teens competing on 520 teams.†
p. 65.3
- He could do it—just barely—but his hands ached afterward, and they had to fashion approximately eighty pieces.†
p. 124.7
- He was making between five and eight dollars an hour, and a degree from Arizona State University would cost approximately fifty thousand dollars.†
p. 185.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(approximate) almost, but not exact; or similar
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)