APPROXIMATION Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

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Recent Examples of approximation To get their approximation, the team started with a software package called SPECFEM3D Cartesian, which is dedicated to 3D reconstructions of seismic waves. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 The trade-off is precision and tooling maturity, so this suits tasks that can tolerate approximation more than ones needing bit-exact results. — David Schie, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 This season, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), the show’s closest approximation of a hero, finally claims the Iron Throne, many years after having been named heir to it, controversially, by her father, King Viserys I (Paddy Considine), in Season 1. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 What sleep data can actually tell you That score is an approximation, not a medical reading. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for approximation

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That draft bill is a legislative version of an AI safety framework the company has been pitching for months, a company spokesperson told Semafor.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
The composition of these jets isn’t crystal clear, but scientists suspect electrons, positrons (the antimatter versions of electrons) and perhaps protons are pulled along swirling magnetic lines before being sent out from the black hole’s poles.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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More than half of people using AI at work worried that using it on important tasks would create exactly that impression.

— Christoph Trattner, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Then again, the album’s 15-minute runtime presupposes a complete lasting impression isn’t the point.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of impression

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One thing leads to another, and soon Vision finds himself on the run with Thomas (Ruaridh Mollica), an 18-year-old grifter who’s actually the reincarnation of his super-speedster son with his late witchy wife Wanda.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
In particular, Greek mathematician-philosopher Pythagoras and his disciples may have associated beans with reincarnation, so some thought eating them was technically an act of cannibalism.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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