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Recent Examples of approximation
To stay safe, some immigrants have swapped in-person activities with digital approximations.
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Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The real world is frighteningly complex, and physicists like to start with this simplest approximation to the problem to make headway, and then add refinements as needed.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2025
Closer to Complex Realities The team’s goal was to bring its numerical approximations as close as possible to mirroring reality—which, of course, tends to be more messy.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
For those of us who want some kind of approximation of a military combat, outlandish skins are immersion-breaking.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
The real world is frighteningly complex, and physicists like to start with this simplest approximation to the problem to make headway, and then add refinements as needed.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2025
Closer to Complex Realities The team’s goal was to bring its numerical approximations as close as possible to mirroring reality—which, of course, tends to be more messy.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 13 May 2025
For those of us who want some kind of approximation of a military combat, outlandish skins are immersion-breaking.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximation
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Even Major League Baseball hopped on the trend at Citizens Bank Park, where the Philadelphia Phillies' mascot, Phillie Phanatic, recreated the moment with a feminine version of the mascot.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
22 July 2025
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Dewald's reasoning for using an early version of this technology was surprisingly practical.—
Hassaan Raza,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Older people often bring up how the U.S. helped Kosovo, and that left a strong impression.—
Kathleen Peddicord,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Twenty-seven years ago, Armageddon benefited from a marketing campaign that left a lasting impression.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
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The timing was too convenient for social media users, as Paytas quickly began trending for the conspiracy that Osbourne was reincarnated as Aquaman. Paytas' birth announcement Instagram post quickly got flooded with comments about Osbourne's reincarnation.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
23 July 2025
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Consider Stapleton International Airport’s reincarnation as Denver’s Central Park neighborhood, or suburban Chicago’s Glenview Naval Air Station’s rebirth as The Glen, a live-dine-play-shop community featuring 2,000 homes in eight distinct enclaves.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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“Approximation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximation. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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