How to use "approximately" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "approximately" in popular movie and book plots

  • The novel is divided into three parts of approximately equal length.  - The Last Juror
  • Small-town teacher Johnny Smith is involved in a car accident that leaves him comatose for approximately six years.  - The Dead Zone (TV series)
  • When real-life maps are shown, the town of Ashfordly appears to correspond to the location of Grosmont, approximately southwest of Whitby.  - Heartbeat (UK TV series)
  • Zane and Trent flee Liberty space, traveling across approximately half of the Freelancer world in their flight.  - Freelancer (video game)
  • In the first half of the season, and up to approximately episode 116, the Chig War progressed rather grimly for humanity (eg.  - Space: Above and Beyond
  • The year is approximately 12,090 AD.  - Vampire Hunter D
  • Arroway insists that she was gone for approximately 18 hours, but her recording devices show only static.  - Contact (1997 American film)
  • The episode ends as T'Pol calculates that there are approximately 50 spheres in the expanse region.  - Exile (Star Trek: Enterprise)
  • The second half of the book, titled "The Mule", takes place approximately one hundred years after the first half.  - Foundation and Empire
  • Mallow is tried for murder approximately one year after his return to Terminus, due to turning over the Foundation missionary to the mob.  - Foundation (Isaac Asimov novel)
  • The procedure saves Butler's life, but ages him approximately 15 years.  - Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
  • with 69 billion inhabitants legally registered and approximately another 26 billion in hiding.  - The Futurological Congress
  • With approximately 11 hours, he sets out after another of Arius' men, Sully.  - Commando (1985 film)
  • The events of Au Bonheur des Dames cover approximately 1864-1869.  - Au Bonheur des Dames
  • The novel explores a diverse range of topics throughout its approximately thousand pages.  - Anna Karenina
  • Due to previous events, Marvin is now approximately 37 times older than the known age of the universe and is barely functional.  - So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

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