guestimate
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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In mid-April, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top expert on the coronavirus, said a “guestimate” is that at least 25% and no more than 50% are never or only mildly ill.
From Washington Times
“We saw the pouch move so we backtracked and guestimate that the joey was born in August at some point.”
From Washington Times
Paul Tacon, an archaeologist at Griffith University in Gold Coast, Australia, agrees that “dating rock art is often a guestimate.”
From Science Magazine
“That was one thing that made it difficult to guestimate the opening,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Nevertheless, it is not for us to guestimate the workload of an annalist of the Floridian ancien regime.
From The Guardian
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