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Discover LudwigThe phrase "add approximately" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to indicate that a number or amount is not exact but close to a certain value.
Example: "To calculate the total cost, please add approximately $50 for shipping."
Alternatives: "include roughly" or "add about".
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Women-led SMEs already add approximately £70 billion to the economy.
The company will add approximately four or five employees to the list each year, she added.
Trinity has the ability to add approximately 1.5 million feet of space.
Paramount Pictures has signed with Burger King, Lincoln-Mercury, Post Cereal and others for promotions that will add approximately $50 million in advertising to the "Rugrats" campaign.
To illustrate these points, consider the case of a Boston-area homeowner who was looking to add approximately 15 feet of a custom gutter to his house.
Consider the case of a Boston-area homeowner who was looking to add approximately 15 feet of custom gutter to his house.
A $2 million improvement in annual rent, for example, would add approximately $40 million to the sale price of a property trading at a 5 percent capitalization rate.
It will add approximately 2,000 square feet to the main lobby and renovate the restaurant, bar and the Skipper's Cottage, where Richard Nixon was a guest in the late 1960's, Mr. Monte said.
We recently closed a number of transactions that add approximately $550 million in additional cash to our balance sheet, and we have several other actions under way, which we expect to announce over the next few months.
Several of those schools, which would add approximately 10,000 new seats to the city's high school districts, are designated to be themed schools that focus on professions like teaching, communications and law enforcement.
Along with the gambling proposals, state leaders are trying to hammer out a plan that would add approximately $500 million in spending to the stripped-down $80 billion budget passed in August.
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