approximate

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Hegseth on Thursday indirectly confirmed the approximate value of the Pentagon's request for additional funding, saying: "As far as $200 billion, I think that number could move."

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Interactions are then added as small corrections, allowing researchers to approximate how large numbers of particles affect each other.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

Using what Mr. Pielke called an approximate “fuzzy match” raised the similarity to 47.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Nine could not give an approximate start date.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

A mile out, they would arrange the boats in a circle on the black sea, drop their nets, and, holding their lanterns over the water, they would approximate the moon.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers