Ariely says textbook economics is a fine approximation of the world--perhaps half of the time.
North Korea is a good approximation of a society driven entirely by the guardian syndrome.
To a reasonable approximation the value of one unit of anything for recycling is worth nothing.
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The limitation of the technologies of the past forced the use of limited-size samples and approximation methods.
The 3-D imagery released by the U.S. Air Force is not an approximation.
New pharmaceuticals, as a rough approximation, are introduced one to two years earlier in the U.S. than elsewhere.
And there's a debt that goes up so on a first approximation, the tax cut doesn't cut away from that.
The closest British approximation is not a retro-chic replica diner where hip patrons eat gourmet burgers, but the local pub.
As a reasonable approximation whether you make money as a chip manufacturer or not depends upon how full your factories are.
This left Mr Sharif, a champion of Punjab, Pakistan's most populous state, as the country's closest approximation to a national leader.
Simplyhired.com also has an easy-to-use salary tool that can give a rough approximation of pay in a particular geographic location.
These data though only give a slight approximation to its overall circulation.
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My firm uses models for approximation of asset class risk and return.
It's an impressive showcase for his slow and rusty howl, which always did sound like a rough approximation of bluesman Charley Patton.
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The calculations undertaken in this model are only an approximation of the actual income and expenditure patterns of households partaking in the survey.
Mr Rose has swept away any lingering guesswork and approximation about the intellectual life of the British working classes in the industrial age.
And then Jones enters, singing all worn-out and weary and not, crucially, trying to act out some approximation of worn-out and weary.
Aggregating like this (and being honest about the margin of error), says Mr Kaufmann, is far from perfect, but is a decent approximation.
Gould's estimate of a 15, 000-light-year distance to the new planet is an approximation, and he says he will need more data to refine the number.
This all made perfect sense back on the DS, where even offering an approximation of a console experience in handheld form was a technical marvel.
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Even the slightest sliver of a difference would mean that general relativity is built on an approximation and that a deeper, more precise theory must exist.
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As a crude (but at least fairly priced) approximation of the insurance you need, you could buy some put options on heavily traded home builder stocks.
However, there are only six million employer firms, so as a rough approximation, the percentage of employer firm owners impacted would be more like 15 percent.
That aside, our calculator provides a reasonable approximation of how many delegates each candidate will win, based on your estimate of the popular vote in that state.
"Quantum entanglement is valuable in transmitting particles such as atoms and photons where the most delicate properties are significant and where simple approximation is not enough, " he explains.
Assuming costs are similar to Amazon Cloudfront and compensating for the approximate profit margin of Amazon in their cloud business, it is possible to get a close approximation.
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People hate it when politicians look as though they are speaking not an approximation of the truth as they see it, but something that suits them at that moment.
But the idea of having my reality be augmented in such a useful way in some approximation of real time has already gone from being innovative to almost old hat.
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Many would defend utility theory (as well as other aspects of their standard model of behaviour) as a useful approximation, pointing out that exceptions to approximations can always be found.
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