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The phrase 'figure about' is not commonly used in written English. It may have been used in older English, but nowadays it is not used or understood by most people. If you are looking for an equivalent phrase to use in written English, you might say 'estimate approximately', or 'guesstimate approximately'. For example: I figured about two days for the project, but it took me almost a week. OR I estimated approximately two days for the project, but it took me almost a week.
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But thanks to the pioneering work of Lincoln Park Zoo scientist Steve Ross, we now have a figure: about 113.
The figure, about a foot high, was lurching forward.
Figure about 30 dollars a person for dinner.
The results give a clear figure about flow fields in the downcomer and lower plenum of a PWR, which is one of major safety concerns.
The IRS Internal Revenue Servicee) came to a figure about 160 times higher: $1.125bn£76m6m).
Figure about 800 Hong Kong dollars for two, with a bottle of Australian chardonnay.
Of this figure, about $19bn would have been outflows from Russia.
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FURNACE Figure about 18 years of life, Mr. Charlton said.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure about fertilizer and diesel fuel".
EA recently revealed (via Gamesindustry.biz) an interesting figure about the changing nature of its business.
Jones presented a memorable, if not particularly imposing, figure about six feet tall, with skinny bowlegs, and a crooked smile planted beneath a big white Stetson.
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