estimate
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However, scientists estimate the Milky Way could contain anywhere from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of neutron stars.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
The county’s estimate of the cost by parcel is actually higher: between $85,000 and $134,000, depending on a property’s location and topography.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
During Sotheby’s $166.3 million sale of Mnuchin’s estate on Thursday, a 1949 Rothko also owned by Mnuchin, “No. 1,” sold for $20.8 million, within its $15 million to $20 million estimate.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
For couples, the estimate rises to roughly $345,000.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
If eight of the hundred we capture are marked, then a reasonable estimate of the fraction of marked fish in the whole lake is 8 percent.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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