approximately
adverb
ap·prox·i·mate·ly
ə-ˈpräk-sə-mət-lē 
: in an approximate manner
an event in ancient history that can only be approximately dated
—used to indicate that a stated number, amount, or value is an approximationApproximately [=around, about] 2,000 people attended the rally.
arrived at approximately 11:30 in the morning
During a lifetime, a person will take approximately 500 million breaths.—
Arthur S. Slutsky, M.D., et al.
Arthur S. Slutsky, M.D., et al.Examples of approximately in a Sentence
it takes approximately three hours to drive to Dallas
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Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Last week, to criticize billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ role as honorary chair alongside wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos, activists with the group Everyone Hates Elon left approximately 300 bottles of fake urine in the famed museum, The New York Times reports.
—Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
With approximately $27 million in cash as of March 31, 2026, AVAX One has the runway to execute without immediate pressure to sell digital assets or dilute shareholders.
—Tracy Yochum, Miami Herald, 4 May 2026
The deal would be a bit of a size mismatch — GME has a market cap of roughly $12 billion while eBay’s is approximately $46 billion.
—Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 4 May 2026
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“Approximately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/approximately. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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