as in approaching
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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as in equivalent
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximating
Adjective
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Sixth Street, Austin’s Bourbon Street equivalent, has a reputation for rowdyness and violence.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025 -
The success of Permission to Dance on Stage (Live) is largely thanks to those 36,000 pure purchases, but when including the sales of individual tunes from its tracklist and streaming activity, the live effort moved a total of 43,000 equivalent units.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Verb
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These areas accounted for 71% of corporate deal activity through Q3 2024, reflecting strong demand and strategic importance.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Deployment grew by 20% in 2024, reflecting higher-quality deals and more realistic valuations.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In a recent note on quantum computing, analysts at Bank of America had to reach way back—way, way back—for a comparable advancement in human history.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
19 July 2025
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Burberry’s overall group revenues declined 1% year-on-year on a comparable basis to £433 million ($ 582million) in the June quarter, compared with the 3% decline analysts had forecast in a company compiled consensus.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
18 July 2025
Verb
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Merely matching expectations last season was good enough for the Yankees to win their division and claim home-field advantage throughout the AL playoffs.—
Tim Britton,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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Lopez's full outfit turned out to be a floor-length skirt with matching embellishments to the abs-baring cropped top.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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No two rooms are ever identical and each location is engrained in its individual neighborhood, with Blind Tiger being no different.—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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Recent studies show that unemployment rates for men aged 22 to 27 with or without college degrees are nearly identical.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
26 July 2025
Adjective
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Rounding off the league’s national TV offerings is TBS, which is averaging 358,000 viewers per outing with its non-exclusive Tuesday night telecasts, good for a 17% lift compared to the analogous period in 2024.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
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The judge found that California did not present evidence of any historically analogous laws, finding that the laws the state did cite were not similar enough.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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The owners of the pass-through entity receive a state tax credit equal to the amount the entity paid.—
Jeremy Babener,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Strange, that such extravagance could be found consorting with an equal amount of rot.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Grossberg's attorney plans to file a similar lawsuit in federal court, though, claiming the Democratic representative is entitled to a jury trial.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
31 July 2025
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That money, along with a similar amount coming from other sources, is currently being used to pay for the levee design, a process that will take three years.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
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“Approximating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximating. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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