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The phrase "about as successful" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to compare the level of success of two or more things, indicating a similar degree of success.
Example: "The project was about as successful as the last one, achieving similar results in terms of audience engagement."
Alternatives: "roughly as successful" or "approximately as successful".
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My return to Africa was about as successful as Marcus Garvey's Black Star Line.
The first is that, for all his success in the game — and FlareChannel is about as successful as any Dwarf Fortress creation yet seen — QuantumSawdust does still not feel it is secure.
But I have been about as successful as Harriett was with me.
As a moneymaking tool, though, Involved Fan has been about as successful as Nagler's agency.
Looking back on it, I realize that the peaches were about as successful as the shoes.
Their attempt to catch Newey has so far been about as successful as Wile E Coyote's efforts to catch Road Runner.
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South London singer-producer Sampha Sisay is about as wildly successful as it is possible to be in music without actually being a household name or filthy rich.
Those figures suggest the genetically engineered males were about half as successful in mating as wild ones, a rate sufficient to suppress the population.
Bumblebees exposed to a combination of pesticides were about half as successful at gathering pollen, used as food, compared to a control.
Banks would be less cavalier about overbidding, as successful bids would be accepted in full.
Talking about yourself as successful, feels a little bit like that.
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