roughly
Britishadverb
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without being exact or fully authenticated; approximately
roughly half the candidates were successful
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in a clumsy, coarse, or violent manner
his captors did not treat him roughly
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in a crude or primitive manner
a slab of roughly hewn stone
Example Sentences
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No single credit accounts for more than roughly 1.5% of the total fund’s portfolio, which is spread across nearly 1,000 investments, the letter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
Stucky said that among major banks, there was roughly a 4% exposure within loan portfolios to nondepository financial institutions.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The company laid off roughly 200 employees at its offices in Burlingame and Sunnyvale.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
In fact, in dollar terms, the difference is roughly $1 trillion.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Somehow, roughly 80 percent of what had been risky triple-B-rated bonds now looked like triple-A-rated bonds.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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