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

It serves as a good approximation of labor demand and can provide some signal for the trajectory of monthly payroll growth.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 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

When you try to calculate the slope of a tangent line, zero wrecks your approximation process.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife