rough measure
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One rough measure of race is language, with an estimated 6% of the population speaking at least one of the dozens of Indigenous languages that exist here.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2022
The number of cycles, or rounds of copying, needed to detect a signal in a sample is a rough measure of how much virus is there.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2022
That’s the rough measure for whether higher employee costs might lead to higher prices.
From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2021
Applications for unemployment aid are typically seen as a rough measure of the pace of layoffs.
From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2021
The extreme scantiness of the population is of itself a rough measure of the general desolation.
From Indian Frontier Policy; an historical sketch by Adye, John, Sir
