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APPROXIMATELY   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... approximately 150 countries around the world.   BB xxiii, Foreword to Fourth Edition   Display entire Foreword to Fourth Edition
Since the third edition was published in 1976, worldwide membership of A.A. has just about doubled, to an estimated two million or more, with nearly 100,800 groups meeting in approximately 150 countries around the world.


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... approximately 150 countries, with an estimated membership ...   BB p.162, A Vision For You (Note)   Go to page 162 in the Big Book
There is A.A. activity in approximately 150 countries, with an estimated membership of over two million.


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... approximately 19,550,000 in all formats.   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The third edition, which came off press in 1976, achieved a circulation of approximately 19,550,000 in all formats.


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... approximately this, "Look here, Ed.   BB p.147, To Employers   Go to page 147 in the Big Book
After reading this book, a junior executive can go to such a man and say approximately this, "Look here, Ed.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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