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approximately

[uh-prok-suh-mit-lee] / əˈprɒk sə mɪt li /


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The U.K. group said late Wednesday that it would offer €38 a share for the approximately 74% stake it doesn’t already own.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Since the beginning of May, those two data sets show approximately 96 million barrels of confirmed non-Iranian crude exiting the Persian Gulf through either direct Hormuz transits or Gulf of Oman-linked export networks, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

They also emphasized that while the study documents approximately 700 years of use at Bergstrom, it cannot determine how long individual occupation periods lasted or how frequently the site was used during that time.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Yet Saudi airlines hold a significant advantage over Gulf competitors: a domestic market of approximately 35 million people, by far the region's largest.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

After a while Nelson righted his chair and sat down approximately four feet away from me.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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