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as in relative
being such only when compared to something else
the movie's an approximate success, if you can overlook the overblown publicity that preceded it
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as in approximative
not precisely correct
police could only give us an approximate count of the number of people who attended the air show
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as in to reflect
to come near or nearer to in character or quality
Rob's violin performance last night didn't even approximate what he's really capable of when he's not feeling sick
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Recent Examples of approximate
Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
The city faces an approximate $77 million budget deficit in the upcoming fiscal year.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 22 Jan. 2025
Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Also, parameter size approximates AI model capability, though different-sized AI models perform differently depending on how they were trained and architected.
—Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
But just as 50-series early adopters will have to wait for more developers to implement Multi Frame Generation beyond the approximate 75 titles at launch, 40-series users may also have to be patient to see more DLSS 4-compatible updates.
—Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 23 Jan. 2025
The city faces an approximate $77 million budget deficit in the upcoming fiscal year.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
The tree locations were approximated along the line between two intersections for each planting event using the sf library to sample points regularly along these lines.
—Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Also, parameter size approximates AI model capability, though different-sized AI models perform differently depending on how they were trained and architected.
—Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximate
Adjective
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The defense countered that three of those sentences were not life without parole and two were for men who committed their crime between the ages of 18 and 21, which is sometimes considered a mitigating factor at sentencing because of their relative youth.—
Brian Melley,
The Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2025
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Swedish public health authorities and advocacy groups effectively emphasized the relative risk differences between smoking and nicotine alternatives through all channels of communication and marketing.—
Markus Lindblad,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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When a planet retrogrades, its energy is turned inward which, in turn, encourages us to reflect on our personal lives.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Elsewhere in the interview, The Way Home star reflected on Groundhog Day, recalling an instance on the set of the 1993 temporal-warping comedy in which co-star Bill Murray randomly drove off during filming with her in the car.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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River ice may also cause gauge observations to be inaccurate.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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While conservatives are more likely to spread information that fact-checkers deem inaccurate, there's no available data to substantiate the allegation that conservatives are unfairly targeted by fact-checkers.—
Lisa Hagen,
NPR,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Port Authority will provide $200,000 in matching funding, according to the city board resolution, which was approved as part of the consent agenda on Tuesday.—
Joseph Flaherty,
arkansasonline.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Consider matching metals throughout the room for cohesiveness in your design.—
Macie Stump,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
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In that case, Fox made a modest admission that incorrect claims had been made, but Dominion Voting Systems was able to reveal the size of the settlement — the more telling concession.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
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For example, malfunctioning sensors, unreliable asset location or gaps in data collection can produce incorrect conclusions about asset movement, leading to questionable insights.—
Fabio Belloni,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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An entrepreneur even approached Hunter recently with ambitions of including Highland on a bus tour of famous jazz musicians’ graves for European tourists during the 2026 World Cup.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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What After his lawsuit made headlines, Baldoni was approached by TMZ at the Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 17 while traveling with his wife and kids.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Approximate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximate. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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