How to Use approximately in a Sentence

approximately

adverb

• Cover and place in the oven for approximately 1 hour or until meat pulls away from the bone.
  — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2024
• The other is on the west coast, approximately 1 mile from South Korea’s Dorasan Station.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Oct. 2024
• Over the years, the number of partners in the LLC has swelled from nine to approximately 40, most of them in the Chicago area.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
• Lightly oil the palms of your hands and pull off a 28-gram/1-ounce portion of dough, approximately the size of a ping-pong ball.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
• The sensor, approximately the size of a quarter, is applied to the back of the upper arm and can be worn for up to two weeks.
  — Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• In 2021, these jeans sold at a rate of approximately one per minute.
  — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2022
• The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are approximately one-in-24.87.
  — Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2021
• Wood said the snake was approximately one foot long, and likely less than a year old.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 19 Mar. 2022
• The approximately 50-count party pack comes in crispy or spicy and with dipping sauces on the side.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 May 2024
• The men were described as approximately 50-60 years of age and having gray hair and short gray beards.
  — cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
• Faster still, and the approximately 6200-pound DR begins to float atop the terrain like a speedboat on plane.
  — James Lipman, Car and Driver, 13 Feb. 2023
• Long was approximately 70 years old at the time of the photograph.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
• That’s only a small portion of the approximately 2,000 shelter beds in the city of San Diego, but the overall demand makes beds hard to come by.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
• The tea left out on the counter, steeps in room-temperature water with the aid of sunlight and is ready in approximately an hour.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 8 June 2023
• Trump spent the approximately seven-minute phone call thanking Shirkey for coming to the White House.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 Dec. 2022
• In the salon, designs take approximately two to four hours, starting with the bleaching process to the final rinse.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Feb. 2023
• The Phoenix Zoo is among the largest nonprofit zoos in the United States, covering approximately 125 acres, the zoo states.
  — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
• The judge granted the request but did not specify when the approximately 20-minute drive there would take place.
  — Fox News, 27 Feb. 2023
• It was posted to a group chat and was viewable by approximately eight or nine people, the complaint says.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2024
• Sena is described as a white female who is 5 feet 1 inch and weighs approximately 90 lbs.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
• The only players the Rangers can use are the approximately 70 who have been invited to major league camp.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2021
• That's the lion's share of the approximately $25 million the PAC spent overall in that period.
  — Fin Gómez, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2023
• An acre-foot is approximately how much water would be required to fill a football field with a foot of water.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
• This helps to ensure that everyone can bring a gift that’s well within their budget and that all the gifts are approximately the same value.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2023
• So the entire song, soup to nuts, was about 45 minutes, approximately, of writing.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
• Of the approximately 100 years of other ape language studies, hardly any of the apes had Nathan’s freedom.
  — Dan Musgrave, Longreads, 9 May 2023
• But there is a sense of bait-and-switch about the whole project, since you’re not informed of these details until about 30 minutes into an approximately 80-minute film.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2020
• The wreck of the Titanic is in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 370 nautical miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• On the off day between the first two games, Sweeney hosted approximately 40 people for dinner at Mancini’s in St. Paul.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 2 June 2024
• These weapons resemble paintball guns and are powered by a carbon dioxide cartridge, with a capacity of approximately 180 rounds.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024