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guesstimate

[ges-tuh-mayt, ges-tuh-mit, -mayt] / ˈgɛs təˌmeɪt, ˈgɛs tə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt /
























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One early guesstimate located the heliopause as close as Jupiter.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 16, 2022

Brennan: Like even that number you cited — the 75% number — I don’t know that it’s necessarily fair to extrapolate from one anonymous player’s memory or guesstimate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2022

So the recipe was part oral history, part complete guesstimate.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2022

No matter, it is possible to guesstimate the cost.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021

This was only a preliminary estimate, a guesstimate really; the government will gather more data and revise that number in the coming months.

From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2019

Earlier this year, Forbes guesstimated Diddy was the richest man in hip-hop, with a net worth around $820 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2017

The academic later "guesstimated" the Scottish cost could be between £150m and £200m - a suggestion Mr Salmond agreed with.

From BBC ● May 29, 2014

When the controversy began, Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele guesstimated that 99 percent of voters would breeze through the polls.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2012

He guesstimated that the installation would set him back about $2,400.

From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 29, 2010

Last week the Board's index reported a six-point drop for April, and May production was guesstimated at 90, June still lower.

From Time Magazine Archive

There’s nothing inherently wrong with guesstimating economic opportunities, but the more prominent, inflated, or specific they are, the worse of a sign it can be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Until then, Los Angeles County's Kurian and her peers will keep "guesstimating" where residents need more help.

From Salon ● May 15, 2022

But I'm not great at guesstimating time right now because it's not real.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2021

But for now, Kaiser is guesstimating their numbers have held above 2 million.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2020

The methods for guesstimating carbohydrate intake also seemed imprecise, Mr. Costik found, and the process generated a lot of wasted data.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2016




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