Sentence examples for term roughly from inspiring English sources

The innkeepers kept the property's original name -- a Maya term roughly translated as "observing the stars".

My favorite literary genre is, in fact, the "literary novel" (unfortunate term roughly translated as the Kiss of Death).

Zachary M. Seward, of Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab, offers a nice summary: The most confusing to readers, with 7,645 look-ups through May 26, is sui generis, the Latin term roughly meaning "unique" that's frequently used in legal contexts.

The leader of the gang was identified as Armen Kazarian, of Los Angeles, and described as a vor, an Armenian term roughly translated as "thief-in-law" and likened to a Mafia godfather.

"As anticipated, the slower first half, and some lingering referendum-related effects, mean that growth is likely to fall below 2% for the full year 2016, before returning to an average of around 2.25% over the medium term, roughly in line with potential.

The university is often associated with what conservatives mockingly call "caviars," a term roughly equivalent to "limousine liberals," meant to evoke the image of well-off leftists who maintain a comfortable lifestyle while espousing politically correct notions of equality and class consciousness.

Despite all the talk of possible bells and whistles, Verizon Wireless so far looks to be offering the smartphone on terms roughly similar to AT&T's.

According to the Federal Reserve Board, between 1983 and 1998 the price of housing for married couples with children rose seventy-nine per cent in real terms, roughly three times as much as it did for childless people.

Nevertheless, in a developing country context where the legal or quasi-legal regime is frequently weak, and enforcement critically constrained, treating compensations within the context aforementioned could be understood in 'soft law' terms, roughly worthy of a CSR cloak.

A week or two spent revelling in the languid luxury of Goa's sunny sosegado, or susegad, two Portuguese colonial-era terms roughly translated as "laid-backness", should not be missed on any hectic visit to mammoth, fascinating, often impossibly frenetic India.

This corresponds to a total exposure of ~1 min of high muscle activity or in more practical terms roughly 65 heavy lifts at an estimated lift duration of 1 s.