approximation

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Choi recognizes this caveat but said he thinks it is valuable to incorporate even a rough approximation of, say, future earnings rather than exclude them from financial planning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Or they occasionally ponder their spending and saving, which gives them a rough approximation of their cash flow without helping them determine if they’re on track.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

Despite this complexity, a close approximation of its motion can be captured with a simple linear equation that uses only the launch speed and angle.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

That is a very crude approximation of the cost of some modern compliance rules.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

“I believe in oligarchy,” and thirty pencils wrote an approximation of the word “oligarchy,” knowing that it would appear on some test at some future time.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy