rough
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The result, which surpassed analysts’ forecasts, was propelled by increases in both the company’s namesake brand and fashion label Stone Island, which had recently experienced a rough patch.
Choi recognizes this caveat but said he thinks it is valuable to incorporate even a rough approximation of, say, future earnings rather than exclude them from financial planning.
Age 25 became a rough estimate for when maturation might finish.
From Science Daily
Young people described restraints from untrained agency staff as "rough" but found all recorded instances were "proportionate to the level of risk being managed".
From BBC
But the fund’s bounce on Wednesday was a favorable sign for the ETF in an otherwise rough February, he said.
From MarketWatch
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