rough figure
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He says evidence from metropolitan borough councils, and the pilots, suggests around 60% of people initially refused a ballot return with valid ID - producing a rough figure of 0.2% refusals of the votes cast.
From BBC ● May 19, 2023
Asked to clarify where the remaining 12% went, a spokesman for Germany’s economy ministry said on April 29 it was a rough figure that included Schwedt and Leuna.
From Reuters ● May 3, 2022
Yesterday the rough figure, not including all fires managed by the local government bush fire brigades, was 374,000ha.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2019
That rough figure would make foxes about as common in London as pubs, which you'll find on nearly every other corner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2014
He glanced searchingly around, and started; at the bedroom door stood Simon, half-dressed; his rough figure, his uncombed, tangled hair, and the paleness of his face in the moonlight, gave him a horribly changed appearance.
