roughly

Example Sentences

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Hostess is a roughly $1 billion business inside a much bigger, $9 billion company, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

Bumblebees also accumulated roughly three times higher concentrations of heavy metals in their bodies.

From Science Daily • Jul. 7, 2026

"It was roughly 40 times the amount of annual rent. But it was only leases where the rent was less than £100 a year."

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

That implies a roughly 38% increase from Monday’s closing price, which valued the company at more than $2 trillion.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026

We are so used to the varied meanings of the word ‘discovery’ that it is easy to assume it always meant roughly what it means today.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton