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The phrase "about this size of" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be used in informal contexts, but it lacks clarity and precision in formal writing.
Example: "The box should be about this size of a standard shoebox."
Alternatives: "approximately this size" or "around this size".
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Or Trump reassuring voters about this size of his … hands.
The full complement of DNA from each volunteer is washed over a custom-designed silicon chip about this size of small fingernail.
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Surviving on a tiny stipend from the UN, they were eventually given their own room – "about the size of this", she says, gesturing to a small table – in return for collecting all the rubbish in the block.
We are asking Revel for more details about the size of this round — which was hinted at in this FTC filing in January, but without any financial details.
"I'm concerned about the size of this tax cut as well.
You need just a small beast for this recipe, about the size of a grapefruit.
There is no national data about the size of this insurance market, but it's big.
More than 90 languages are spoken in this country, about the size of Illinois.
"My office is about the size of this vehicle," Mayor John Bencivengo, of Hamilton (motto: "New Jersey's Shining Star"), said.
This clam, about the size of a littleneck, has an attractive russet shell and tasty, briny meat.
Economists argue about the size of this effect, but we see evidence of it all around us.
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