roughly
Example Sentences
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It estimates that Himalayan water underpins roughly 20% of India's GDP, sustaining wheat, rice, tea, hydropower and pilgrimage economies.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Poland’s health minister, Jolanta Sobierańska‑Grenda, compared the sum Pfizer is pursuing—€1.3 billion, equivalent to roughly $1.5 billion—to the country’s annual spend on cancer medications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
By 1935, Ford was using roughly a bushel of soybeans in the manufacture of every automobile.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
It predicted a further acceleration in rent rises to 4% or 5% by the end of the year, although that still roughly matched the average annual rise in workers' earnings.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
For example, roughly one hundred million people live in adjacent areas, and six hundred million people live downstream from the pandas’ mountainous habitat.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
