1
as in approximately
close to but not exactly
roughly 80% of the country's population is of that faith
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2
as in severely
in a manner so as to cause loss or suffering
if you treat the machine roughly, it will of course break
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Recent Examples of roughly
The roughly 20,000 Rohingya people that the United Nations refugee office estimates are currently in India have carved out a precarious existence.
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Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
After roughly one minute on the ground, Sellers got to his feet and walked to the sideline under his own power.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
His more recent videos average roughly 10,000 views apiece.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
The structure is roughly 39 feet high and 69 feet long, in addition to being 26 feet wide.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
After roughly one minute on the ground, Sellers got to his feet and walked to the sideline under his own power.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
His more recent videos average roughly 10,000 views apiece.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
The structure is roughly 39 feet high and 69 feet long, in addition to being 26 feet wide.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughly
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The General Sherman tree has enough wood to build approximately 120 average-size homes.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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Turning Point’s Student Action Summit hosts approximately 5,000 people annually and its latest Young Women’s Leadership Summit had 3,000 participants.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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But with Burrow now looking likely to miss the majority of the regular season, those chances look severely diminished.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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This stagnation can severely impact marketability and career growth when the labor market eventually improves.—
Kara Dennison,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Passenger train travel time between Milan and Genoa will be cut to about an hour from more than 1½ hours.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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He had been wanted on charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping in connection with the suffocation deaths of Paityn Decker, 9; Evelyn Decker, 8, and Olivia Decker, 5, of Wenatchee in Chelan County, about 150 miles east of Seattle.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Paes spoke passionately about the urgent need for resources in the harshly remote settings seen in the film — settings that help to foment these cycles of abuse.—
Stacey Wilson Hunt,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Sep. 2025
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Hilleary, at the campaign event, also harshly criticized Biden’s immigration policies and his administration’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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With five blades sandwiched between two moisturizing bars, this razor speeds up the entire process (no fussing around with shaving cream), nourishing dry skin and making nicks a rare occurrence.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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During one such strike last week, around two dozen Russian drones entered Poland -- by far the largest-ever of Russian drones into NATO airspace.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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On an oppressively hot Friday in July, plumes of smoke curl up from Arnolds Field.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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The bristles are neither too floppy nor too stiff, neither too long nor too short, and are cut to the perfect rounded shape that’s just right for swirling pigment over the apples or spreading it along your cheekbones—without having to work too hard for a completely natural finish.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Eagles went chasing on a third-and-8 situation at the Chiefs’ 33 at the start of the third quarter, and Smith went down hard after a deep pass from Hurts fell incomplete along the left sideline.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Across automotive assembly lines and steel plants, unscheduled stoppages are brutally costly.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Summers in Capitol Reef can be brutally hot for hiking, but the weather is perfect in autumn for hitting the trails (though bear in mind that its high elevation makes climbing more difficult).—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughly. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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