Example Sentences

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Using a model of a 3,000-year-old mummy’s vocal tract, researchers have approximated the voice of a long-dead Egyptian priest.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2020

A scene in which Maya examines her Japanese features in a mirror has a complicated gravity that a real kid might have approximated, but not so fully embodied.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2019

Experimenters have approximated the Leggett and Garg test.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 12, 2016

From the resulting curves, they have approximated the deceleration of the galaxies as they recede from the earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is but recently that any of us have approximated to a right appreciation of the value of pure air. 

From The Claims of Labour an essay on the duties of the employers to the employed by Helps, Arthur, Sir