guesstimate
Example Sentences
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But that 80 percent stat is at best a guesstimate, according to a New York Times article.
From Slate • Aug. 12, 2024
Our leading hypothesis is that phages use CtrA to guesstimate when there will be enough bacteria nearby sporting pili and flagella that they can readily infect.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2022
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
He said the figure of 300,000 troops in the security forces was a guesstimate because of the many so-called ghost soldiers, where commanders list non-existent personnel to collect their paychecks.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2021
