approximating

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The majority of its dozen tracks coast along with an agreeable yet lifeless electro-pop groove, with layered voices approximating the earnest and indistinct ballads of latter-day Coldplay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

In something more approximating plain English: Smith could ask Cannon’s de facto bosses at the U.S.

From Salon • May 16, 2024

When you have people who can’t tell what’s real anymore and what’s authentic because the machine intelligence is now approximating the human intelligence, that is really the biggest risk.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

But other approximating physics could be replaced by better or truer formulas.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 20, 2023

It is a mystique closely approximating a religion.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck