Sentence examples for approaches a billion from inspiring English sources

As the Disney animated movie (which is already in early development for Broadway) approaches a billion dollars in box-office sales, its soundtrack has been at the top of the Billboard 200 for seven weeks and counting, driven largely by Menzel's soaring ballad about taking control of your innate power, "Let It Go".

His discography approaches a thousand recordings, with well over a hundred as a leader.

And ignorance backed by military spending that approaches a trillion dollars a year can make a hell of a mess.

The performance of the Modi government as it approaches a hundred days in office - has been a mixed one.

Core, mantle, crust — they are models of the very planet they are filling up at a rate worldwide approaching a billion a year.

Generally I say that Putin could adopt one of two approaches, a smart one or a stupid one.

Woods's worth is approaching a billion dollars, making him the richest sportsman in the world.

He pegged the Oscar audience as, variously, "a billion," "an estimated billion," "approaching a billion," "a reported billion," and "more than a billion".

Before the economic downturn, the Mugrabis said that the value of their collection was approaching a billion dollars.

Now with Messenger approaching a billion users, Facebook has a little leeway.

And the company is fast approaching a billion valuation, if it hasn't reached that already.