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The phrase "about four times" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when estimating a quantity or frequency that is approximately four times a certain amount or occurrence.
Example: "The experiment was repeated about four times to ensure accuracy in the results."
Alternatives: "approximately four times" or "roughly four times".
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Each shuttle flies about four times per year.
Similarly, introns had about four times the percent parsimony-informative characters.
"Often" is about four times a week.
We decided to meet about four times each year.
"I lifted it about four times.
I fell off about four times.
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They eat about six times a day".
I cried about seven times.
I ended up going about five times.
Meanwhile, BioGRID has about ten times more PPIs than DIP.
About forty times.
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