estimate
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An early police estimate was that the numbers on the Unite The Kingdom march were around 60,000, less than half the numbers estimated for September's march.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
A 2022 study gave participants contact-tracing devices to estimate how many close contacts they had each day while on a cruise—basically, evaluating the likelihood of an infectious disease’s spread.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
They calculated that the virus’s infectiousness—an estimate of how many people one contagious person will infect on average—is 2.1.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Researchers estimate that as many as 14% of people globally experience the condition, with many cases considered severe.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
“I guess I could get some,” I say, trying to estimate how much leather shoes cost.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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