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[ges] / gɛs /




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The mathematics for finding these paths is complex -- usually calculated by using vast computing power to churn through one option after another or by making an 'intelligent guess' and then investigating it further.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

If the economy performs as now expected, two more rate rises is a 'pretty good guess' of what happens next, Powell told the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday.

From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2023

“We’ve been going along for a while now in modeling the structure of big planets using what I’d call ‘best guess’ science,” she says.

From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2021

"So," Bancroft shot back, "you made an 'educated guess' on one of the most important parts of the deprivation concept."

From Time Magazine Archive

This is a 'best guess'; the scan is smudged and unclear, and part of the number is missing.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland




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