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Recent Examples of approximation
These compromises involved crude approximations of physics and computational short cuts.
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Delivery are the closest approximation of sales reported by Tesla.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Decide for yourself if that organization seems to be trying to get to the closest approximation of the truth, and achieves it the vast majority of the time.
—Jim Vandehei, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, industrially produced steel structures will create interactive approximations of jumbo bracelets, necklaces, and more.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Delivery are the closest approximation of sales reported by Tesla.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2025
Decide for yourself if that organization seems to be trying to get to the closest approximation of the truth, and achieves it the vast majority of the time.
—Jim Vandehei, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, industrially produced steel structures will create interactive approximations of jumbo bracelets, necklaces, and more.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for approximation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximation
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Gift this set from Lego’s architecture collection to someone who’d appreciate owning mini versions of famous landmarks.—
Kelsey Fredricks,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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For another, something about seeing another version of himself triggers Mickey’s long-dormant survival instinct; if one of the two Mickeys doesn’t sacrifice himself for the greater good, both of them are going to be put out of commission on a permanent basis.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
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The 30-second spot, which included a cameo of his then wife, Jennifer Lopez, garnered 7 billion impressions for the company after its first airing, according to Dunkin' President Scott Murphy in a 2024 interview with Entreprenuer magazine.—
Anne Marie Lee,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2025
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The director Clint Bentley’s new film was a major surprise for me; his first feature, Jockey, left only a slight impression upon critics, and adapting the work of the novelist Denis Johnson has long been a tricky cinematic task.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Her reincarnations of Madonna and Child portray Black mothers’ experiences of bodily autonomy and safety, which are often denied under a white supremacist regime.—
Shameekia Shantel Johnson,
ARTnews.com,
4 Nov. 2024
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But Veronica, 19, interrupts, claiming to be Caio’s reincarnation.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Approximation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximation. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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