estimate
Example Sentences
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Figuring out whether the offer was worth taking wasn’t hard—just estimate the average of the unopened briefcases.
Soil stores an estimated 2,500 billion tons of carbon, making it one of the planet's largest carbon reservoirs, second only to the ocean.
From Science Daily
The system presumes consent to donate organs for all adults unless they explictly remove themselves from the list, with Theresa May's government estimating in 2018 that it could save up to 700 lives each year.
From BBC
Lamond survived the experience, in which an estimated 4,400 Allied troops died.
From BBC
It could represent the official death toll, which turned out to be significantly lower than the estimated thousands who died.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
