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as in approximately
close to but not exactly
roughly 80% of the country's population is of that faith
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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
Slim Shady, her roughly 70-pound, 22-year-old sulcata tortoise, farts loudly, sometimes knocks her down and has forced her to find him after absconding in her North Highlands neighborhood when her front gate was left open.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Gay engaged in electronic conversations with the undercover account over the span of roughly nine days in March, according to the complaint.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Because protons are almost incomprehensibly small—as an analogy, the size of a proton compared to the size of an orange is roughly the same as the size of an orange compared to the diameter of Neptune’s orbit around the sun.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Troopers searched the area and found Jolley on Water Street roughly 20 minutes after the shooting.
—Josh Davis, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2026
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
Gay engaged in electronic conversations with the undercover account over the span of roughly nine days in March, according to the complaint.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Because protons are almost incomprehensibly small—as an analogy, the size of a proton compared to the size of an orange is roughly the same as the size of an orange compared to the diameter of Neptune’s orbit around the sun.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Troopers searched the area and found Jolley on Water Street roughly 20 minutes after the shooting.
—Josh Davis, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughly
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They should be watered approximately once a week, or when their soil or planting medium dries out.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
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The cave system flooded at the end of the last ice age — the end of the Pleistocene epoch — approximately 8,000 years ago, due to rising sea levels from melting ice.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
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Israel's Ben Gurion airport has been operating on a severely limited basis throughout the war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The study examined the high cost across different family structures, highlighting that rising living expenses have severely squeezed the traditional middle-class budget.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Idaho adults pay about $145 for a sportsman’s package that includes fishing and hunting licenses and a variety of tags for species including deer, elk, bear, mountain lion and wolf.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Apr. 2026
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Other considerations include matching the frame to your mattress’s thickness and leaving about 24 inches of walking space around the bed.—
Sharon Brandwein,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Patrick Soon-Shiong, a controversial figure in the biotech industry, was harshly criticized by the Food and Drug Administration for making several false and misleading claims about a cancer treatment in television ads and a podcast.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
24 Mar. 2026
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Markets interpreted the message quickly and harshly.—
Benzinga,
Freep.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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According to Turner, Kaiko and her littermates lived outdoors in a pen from birth until she was rescued at around nine months old.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Over the years since its mission began in 1978, the force has lost around 340 members.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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The first of the four chapters is an oppressively gray-toned, narratively diffuse spy thriller, set amid the mists of what appears to be the Second World War.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2025
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The second planet from the sun has a completely inhospitable surface, with temperatures reaching 863 degrees Fahrenheit (462 degrees Celsius) and a crushing pressure underneath an oppressively thick atmosphere.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Third baseman Matt Chapman charged hard and fielded the ball, but the ball popped out of his glove on the exchange.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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No baseball community dies harder, without reward, than the Rockies faithful, spring after spring.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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Ripa had a brutally honest response locked and loaded.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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And for those who gave their lives, Renee Good, mother of three, brutally murdered, and Alex Pretti, VA nurse, executed by ICE and left to die in the street without even the decency of our lawless government investigating their deaths.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughly. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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