estimate
Example Sentences
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These forecasts are the OBR's best estimate of how wages across the labour market will rise in the future, and actual wage growth could be different.
From BBC
Jakarta and its satellite cities, known collectively as Jabodetabek, are home to 42 million people and produce up to an estimated 14,000 tonnes of waste daily.
From Barron's
If he opts in, Illinois families could receive almost $1 billion more for education annually, according to an estimate from Education Reform Now.
Noting the exponential growth of transactions in the last two years, one recent industry report estimates the global number of users has quadrupled to 15 million.
They used carbon dating techniques to estimate the age of the 10cm cube-shaped bone.
From BBC
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