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approx.

American  

abbreviation

  1. approximate.

  2. approximately.


approx. British  

abbreviation

  1. approximate(ly)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Yes, it's expensive - the cost for 1-year of this treatment alone is approx. $130,00.

From New York Times • Jul. 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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