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The phrase "aggregate of about" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used when discussing a total or sum that is approximately a certain value, but it is better to use clearer alternatives.
Example: "The aggregate of about 100 participants attended the conference."
Alternatives: "total of approximately" or "sum of around".
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The Irvine-based company, which ceased all operations last May when it filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the federal Bankruptcy Code, began liquidation proceedings this month to satisfy the creditors to whom CompuSave owes an aggregate of about $4 million.
By contrast, using our software package to extract these positions took around 12 hours of computer time, but only an aggregate of about 3 man-hours of labor.
This cereal ration was applied to the total number of persons in each period (July-September; October-December and January-March) and summed to give an aggregate of about 395 000 tonnes of cereal to be required for rural and urban households.
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It has leased approximately 9,000square feet of office space for 10 years at an aggregate rent of about $1.5 million.
There are more than 1,900 rivers within the basin, with an aggregate length of about 112,000 miles (180,000 km).
Going into 2015, non-classified national investments in quantum computing reflected an aggregate global spend of about $1.75 billion USD, according to The Economist.
The incidence of the disorder has remained stable over the past 30 years [ 1] with an aggregate worldwide incidence of about 10.5 per 100,000 person-years [ 2].
Immobilised Pt particles (most probably, small uniform aggregates) with dc of about 4.5 nm and a spread of size distribution ca. 1.5 nm demonstrated pronounced adsorption of hydrogen and oxygen similar to pure Pt materials, high electrocatalytic activity with respect to formic acid oxidation as well as a relatively high tolerance towards CO poisoning.
Spherical and dispersed aggregates of about 20 nm in diameter were observed by a transmission electron microscope.
Meanwhile, aggregates of about ~80 nm were detected in presence of PAMAM-OH dendrimers.
This shows the formation of aggregates of about 200-nm size.
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