approx.
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approximate.
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approximately.
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Example Sentences
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“I-39 from Normal to Minonk will be closed for approx. 12 hours due to multiple crashes involving over 100 vehicles,” Illinois State Police tweeted late Thursday.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2022
“Since Memorial Day weekend, the domestic box office has been running at approx. 50% of 2019 levels, with several spikes from strong titles, but then returning to 50% of 2019,” Gross said in an email.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2021
Cars are only allowed to enter approx. before 11:30 am and after 8:30 pm.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2016
On a lighter note, there’s also an advert for Paul Sturrock’s Video Library and Showroom ‘with approx. 700 titles in both Beta and VHS formats’.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2016
In end, of approx. fifty houses, thirty-nine had.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2012
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