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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about twenty points" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when estimating a numerical value, particularly in contexts like scoring, measurements, or assessments.
Example: "The test scores ranged from about twenty points to over a hundred."
Alternatives: "approximately twenty points" or "roughly twenty points".
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"If NBC was spun off, it could run up about twenty points".
Instead of making a deal, Arafat encouraged an uprising — a political gift to Ariel Sharon — and because of it Barak, trailing by about twenty points in the polls last week, will most likely lose his job.
According to the exit polls, nearly sixty per cent of Democratic voters said they believed that trade costs America jobs, and, among that group, Sanders finished about twenty points ahead of Clinton.
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(For wide receivers, the mean is about ten points lower).
Mr. Bush won Colorado by about eight points in 2000.
Polls currently show Clinton beating him by about five points.
Can't you infer from that poll that Mr. Obama is ahead by about two points nationally?
(John McCain, by comparison, faced a gap of about five points in 2008).
The forecast model now projects Mr. Obama to win Pennsylvania by about seven points.
Londoners shrugged it off; Livingstone has risen by about eight points in the polls since then.
On the eve of Denver, Obama was ahead by about five points.
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