rough guess
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Your sleep score gives you a rough guess about your levels of rest and energy.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
There’s quite a lot of uncertainty in these estimates, but as a rough guess, shipping may have added between one-quarter and one-half of 1% to inflation over the past year.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2021
Scientists can only make a rough guess at the lake’s age, but they think it formed 3.8 billion years ago, about the same time as the valley networks, over hundreds or thousands of years.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 25, 2020
Federal income tax withholding is based on a rough guess from the IRS about what taxes you will owe at the end of the year.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Mar. 21, 2018
Without a Bible handy, I could only make a rough guess at their identity.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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