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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
Over roughly three hours, agents came under gunfire, were rammed four times and faced mobs hurling debris.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The earthquake struck at a depth of 5 miles, with its epicenter roughly 2 miles southeast of San Ramon.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Defense stopped the run game The Dolphins came into Sunday as the third-worst rushing defense in the NFL, allowing roughly 146 yards per game.
—Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
The overwintering season in California is roughly October to February.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
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Detectives recovered nearly two pounds of cocaine and approximately $500,000.—
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The news arrived approximately 24 hours before the Panthers’ first home playoff game in a decade.—
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In the ninth century, a severely disabled woman was buried, her feet bound, in an annex of the church in Elsau, outside Zürich.—
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The time is never right to severely chop off your crape myrtle.—
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Just about 1% of people 13 and older across the country identify as transgender, according to estimates from the Williams Institute.—
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The aircraft currently offers an endurance of about one hour, providing a range of 60 to 100 miles.—
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In a press conference later in the day, Mayor Frey, 44, harshly condemned the actions of ICE in his city and pushed back against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) claims that the agent involved in the fatal shooting acted in self defense.—
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One of his non-Jewish primary opponents, Palm Coast City Council member Charles Gambaro, harshly criticized Fine’s Gaza remarks and declared that Gambaro, too, would seek AIPAC’s endorsement.—
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How to create opportunities for himself, say, or how much to carry the puck without Marner there lugging it around — little things like that.—
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Gavilan is from Buffalo, Minnesota, about an hour outside of Minneapolis, and around seven and a half hours away from Lawrence.—
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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.—
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On an oppressively hot Friday in July, plumes of smoke curl up from Arnolds Field.—
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Alexandria has been really hard hit, down 50% in that period.—
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For instance, walking most days is far better than exercising hard once a month.—
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But those guards fell crashing down on Wednesday night in a brutally honest assessment of his team following Boise State’s (9-6, 1-3 Mountain West) 75-58 home loss to Grand Canyon (9-5, 2-1) at ExtraMile Arena.—
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The result was over a century of catastrophe, not just for ordinary Europeans but also for the people of numerous African countries that were colonized, often brutally.—
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“Roughly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughly. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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