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• r  (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  roughly $3,000
• r  with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
  he was pushed roughly aside
• r  with rough motion as over a rough surface

• A new report says that roughly 1.
• Projections for the next fiscal year's deficit start at roughly $550 billion and go as high as $1 trillion, depending on the government's current obligations, expected further .
• Because CT scans came into vogue in the 1980s and radiation-induced cancer takes roughly 20 years to develop, long-term studies of CT scans and cancer are still under way.

• approximately
• about
• close to
• just about
• some
• more or less
• around
• or so
• rough

News & Articles

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• Rockets owner ready to ante up for big playoff run
  With roughly two weeks before the start of the NBA’s free-agency season, the poker player who owns the Rockets hopes to go all in.
  June 16, 2013 - Houston Chronicle
• Roughly 6 percent of NYC teachers deemed 'ineffective' based on students' test scores
  Roughly 6 percent of city teachers were deemed ineffective last year based solely on their students’ scores on state math and reading tests, new city data shows. The data stemmed from a trial-run of just one segment of a new teacher evaluation system that will be implemented at public schools...
  June 15, 2013 - New York Post
• Chrysler Group to freeze US pension plan for roughly 8,000 salaried employees as of Dec. 31
  Chrysler Group LLC says it is freezing the pension of roughly 8,000 U.S. salaried employees at the end of the year. The U.S. automaker says it is making the move to stay in line with industry trends and to comply with IRS regulations.
  June 14, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune