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Recent Examples of approximation
Awareness is always a beat too late — our minds stitching together a rough approximation of what exactly happened.
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Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
As Bitcoin either forces the world back on to classical money or becomes the approximation of classical money itself, dispatching fiat to the ash-bin of history, the demand for hedges against the whole currency system will fall.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
While 110 students from around the world went to work on complex math problems using pen and paper, several AI companies quietly tested new models in development on a computerized approximation of the exam.
—Emily Riehl, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025
In those instances, researchers analyzed the number of clinics in a specific country in order to determine that nation's approximation of IVF births.
—De Elizabeth, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
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Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
As Bitcoin either forces the world back on to classical money or becomes the approximation of classical money itself, dispatching fiat to the ash-bin of history, the demand for hedges against the whole currency system will fall.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
While 110 students from around the world went to work on complex math problems using pen and paper, several AI companies quietly tested new models in development on a computerized approximation of the exam.
—Emily Riehl, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025
In those instances, researchers analyzed the number of clinics in a specific country in order to determine that nation's approximation of IVF births.
—De Elizabeth, Parents, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximation
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This is the web version of Fortune Tech, a daily newsletter breaking down the biggest players and stories shaping the future.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Joining her on stage was her Climbing For Life co-star, Japanese actress Rena Nonen, who plays a younger version of Tabei, the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the film.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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The release schedule has been conspicuously quiet in the past three weeks, as seemingly no one has been interested in trying to make an impression in a pop landscape still so thoroughly dominated by the new Taylor Swift album.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
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The coordinated efforts of multiple Latin American countries and their joint participation in the quarantine gave the Soviets the impression that Cuba was surrounded by enemies ready to strike if the missiles were not removed promptly.—
Time,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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In New York, the story of real estate is also a story of reincarnation.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Most commonly used in Vedic astrology to look at the karmic and spiritual aspect of your life (think past lives, reincarnation lessons, and your destiny) , sidereal astrology is a system that aligns with the stars and bases each zodiac on the actual constellations in the sky.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Approximation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximation. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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