approximately

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  1. In an approximate manner; by approximation; nearly; closely.

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  • From the Latin words circa , approximately, and dies , day. —  FSF,April2008
  • (I say "approximately," because I think I would've laughed at the Simon Cowell joke if I hadn't seen the trailer, embedded below, so often.) —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • This means that the average online video viewer watched 356 minutes of video in January -- approximately —  Search Engine Watch Blog
  • The nation's struggling No. 3 carrier plans to cut 8,000 jobs -- approximately 14 percent of its work force -- in an attempt to reduce labor costs. —  eWeek - RSS Feeds
  • But when the defense ran out of money, the state Supreme Court ruled that King could not seek a death sentence until the lawyers were paid -- approximately $200,000 for each of the three defendants, King said. —  ModerateVoters.org
 

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