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The phrase "approximately three miles" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when providing an estimate of distance, often in contexts such as directions, travel, or geographical descriptions.
Example: "The nearest gas station is approximately three miles from here."
Alternatives: "about three miles" or "roughly three miles".
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This part of the walk is approximately three miles.
The train and dress required approximately three miles of taffeta and 18 feet of lace.
Albany is famous for its annual follies known officially as "the budget process," which resembles a runaway train traveling at approximately three miles per hour.
Ms. Wolfert, it turns out, merely wants to be able to drive from her house in Sonoma to the market and back, a trip of approximately three miles.
The Diagnostic Radiology Center (DRC) is located at the Palo Alto VA hospital approximately three miles from the Stanford University campus.
The new section adds to approximately three miles of existing RiverWalk to the south, including portions that pass by Senasqua and Croton Point Parks as well as behind the Half Moon Bay condominiums.
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Drive south on Whitney Avenue for approximately five miles.
Follow University Avenue east for approximately two miles to Oxford Street.
The Associated Press reports that the attacks happened approximately two miles apart.
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