Without the appropriate measuring tools they had to approximate the distance. From LearnThat.org.
Sketched in an approximate likeness. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The approximate time was 10 o'clock. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Her results approximate my own. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The Magic Towns, in approximate order of their date of designation, are. From Wordnik.com. [Did you know? Mexico has 36 Magic Towns.] Reference
Most of all, they demonstrate how messy and approximate is the business of statecraft. From Wordnik.com. [The Courtier] Reference
This may have come from the early 70s Marvel "Origins of Superheroes" (title approximate) hardcover. From Wordnik.com. [Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
Some of the words above seem deceptively simple, but more than often they have meanings that can only be expressed in approximate ways in other languages. From Wordnik.com. [Reflective Surface - Untranslatable words] Reference
So, realist philosophy of science relies heavily on the notion of approximate truth. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Realism] Reference
(All measurements here are approximate, which is completely fine for this recipe.) 5. From Wordnik.com. [The Kitchn] Reference
Plasma uses a technology known as approximate dynamic programming to examine mountains of historical data. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
"Apart from the time restriction (a truce that lapses after 10 years) and the refusal to accept Israel's existence, Mr. Meshal's terms approximate the Arab League peace plan ...". From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
The SBA says the 10,000 figure was "approximate" and that the program has been effective. From Wordnik.com. [Enterprise Dispatch] Reference
It puts my address as down the street, and a different "approximate" address by my actual complex. From Wordnik.com. [YesButNoButYes: Breakfast Links] Reference
And so, it had been a difficult year, but there are no indications yet whether those things were any kind of approximate cause. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 17, 2009] Reference
These statements often include words such as "approximate,". From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
The tasks involved are "approximate" addition of 1+1, 2+2, and. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Why is calculation of bond distance in CO only an "approximate"?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
The "approximate" text of my homily for my OT final is below the fold. From Wordnik.com. [Pseudo-Polymath] Reference
These work gloves will give you the confidence that only the word "approximate" can provide. From Wordnik.com. [Nerd Approved - Gadgets and Gizmos] Reference
My watch said 10: 43, but so long as they qualified it at as "approximate" I can live with it. petyo:?. From Wordnik.com. [columbiatribune.com stories] Reference
So if you make some of those adjustments you can calculate the kind of approximate number we need to break even. From Wordnik.com. Reference
We're wondering for what value is approximately one; I took 'approximate' to mean bounded above and below by constants. From Wordnik.com. [Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'] Reference
Horse far transcends my means; yet it seems hard I should not for a little while be in a kind of approximate health in this. From Wordnik.com. [The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I] Reference
Joe cautions that some of the dates are approximate, meaning that he might have listed only one day of a three-day event. explore others. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
'approximate' somatosensory experience, even if the poor depressed mother doesn't feel it yet. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
The phones had the approximate shape and weight of a brick. From Wordnik.com. [YOUR NEXT COMPUTER] Reference
Target retirement funds, organized by approximate retirement date. From Wordnik.com. [ONE FUND IS ALL YOU NEED] Reference
Here are the approximate first-year needs and expenses of seven healthy babies. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Seven] Reference
But not once in the whole silly exercise does he approximate a genuine emotion. From Wordnik.com. [Hook, Lyne And Stinker] Reference
Still, special things have a way of happening to people who approximate the ideal. From Wordnik.com. [The Biology Of Beauty] Reference
I rank the diagnostics from most to least essential and lay out approximate costs. From Wordnik.com. [Treat People Like Dogs] Reference
But your approximate profit from the same amount of options for the past five years: zero. From Wordnik.com. [Running Out Of Options] Reference
I asked Egan for a photograph at the approximate age of some of her most endearing characters. From Wordnik.com. [Patricia Zohn: Off the C(H)uff: Jennifer Egan Talks About A Visit From the Goon Squad] Reference
The only other moments that approximate downtime in Lisa's life come in a stand of woods near her home. From Wordnik.com. [Saving The Earth? Maybe She Can Squeeze It In Nex] Reference
According to publisher St. Martin's, an approximate "not many" were sold when it was first published in 1997. From Wordnik.com. [Meeting Under A Big 'Tent'] Reference
He says testimony about the approximate time of death eliminates him as a suspect because he was already in custody. From Wordnik.com. [The Center Of The Storm] Reference
(The data come from ice-core samples taken in Antarctica and Greenland, an approximate record of past climate change.). From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Global Warming] Reference
We also need to take into consideration the long-term survival goal of the society, represented by its approximate proxies. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Vladimir A. Masch: Balanced Capitalism] Reference
But, he says, "I've never encountered anything else that would approximate the ferocity and scale of what happened" in Jedwabne. From Wordnik.com. [Revisiting A Massacre] Reference
If your suspect is a man, you might go through and have it hone in on people of that approximate height and weight and eliminate females. From Wordnik.com. ['Every Contact Leaves a Trace'] Reference
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