Thesaurus / approximate
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In the absence of live interactions, we must do our best as a society to approximate them.
MISS MANNERS: PRACTICE SAYING ‘I’VE GOT IT, THANKS’JUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOf the approximate 1,800 fatalities from mid-May to mid-June, 70 percent were people older than 70.
900,000 INFECTED. NEARLY 15,000 DEAD. HOW THE CORONAVIRUS TORE THROUGH D.C., MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.REBECCA TAN, ANTONIO OLIVO, JOHN D. HARDENFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSome brands pack on features that allow users to more closely approximate the cinematic experience, but if you’re in the HD range, you’re already on your way.
BEST 2 IN 1 LAPTOPS: WORK HARD, PLAY HARD WITH THESE VERSATILE PICKSPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMJANUARY 27, 2021POPULAR SCIENCEI would never have figured out on my own that Braun-Meuser-Case was supposed to approximate “brand-new suitcase.”
STYLE CONVERSATIONAL WEEK 1419: A SMILE FOR THE CAPITOL?PAT MYERSJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSolver Alex Vornsand approximated the size of this region by picking random points in the circle and seeing how many would have resulted in a balanced disk.
CAN YOU CUT THE SQUARE … INTO MORE SQUARES?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSJANUARY 8, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTMuch later, when you’re doing something that more closely approximates actual surfing, you won’t think much of the pop-up.
HOW I LEARNED TO SURF IN MIDDLE AGETOM VANDERBILTJANUARY 5, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINESoft robots are made of the squishiest stuff, including nanomaterials, enabling them to approximate biological functions such as those of human muscles.
WHY ‘SOFT ROBOTS’ HAVE NASA, DOCTORS, AND TECH WHIZZES SO EXCITEDJAKEMETHJANUARY 1, 2021FORTUNEDNNs are mathematical models that string together chains of simple functions that approximate real neurons.
AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IN NEUROSCIENCE - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGGRIGORI GUITCHOUNTSDECEMBER 30, 2020NAUTILUSFill power is a measurement of the quality of the down, and it’s the approximate volume in cubic inches of one ounce of down.
DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED A 1,000-FILL DOWN JACKET?RYAN WICHELNSDECEMBER 23, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEZoom-shot programming still became a new genre, but producers quickly developed the capabilities and processes to remotely produce shows and videos that more closely approximated a traditional production than a webcam confessional.
HOW THE FUTURE OF TV WAS RESHAPED BY 2020TIM PETERSONDECEMBER 16, 2020DIGIDAYSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO APPROXIMATE
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