guesstimate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Our leading hypothesis is that phages use CtrA to guesstimate when there will be enough bacteria nearby sporting pili and flagella that they can readily infect.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2022
One early guesstimate located the heliopause as close as Jupiter.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 16, 2022
Brennan: Like even that number you cited — the 75% number — I don’t know that it’s necessarily fair to extrapolate from one anonymous player’s memory or guesstimate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2022
A guesstimate that didn’t sit well with Nicklaus’ rival turned friend.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022
This was only a preliminary estimate, a guesstimate really; the government will gather more data and revise that number in the coming months.
From Slate ● Jul. 26, 2019
Earlier this year, Forbes guesstimated Diddy was the richest man in hip-hop, with a net worth around $820 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2017
The academic later "guesstimated" the Scottish cost could be between £150m and £200m - a suggestion Mr Salmond agreed with.
From BBC ● May 29, 2014
When the controversy began, Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele guesstimated that 99 percent of voters would breeze through the polls.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2012
He guesstimated that the installation would set him back about $2,400.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 29, 2010
He hired Ernest Robert Breech, 49, president of Bendix Aviation Corp., as executive vice president and director, at a salary guesstimated at over $200,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
There’s nothing inherently wrong with guesstimating economic opportunities, but the more prominent, inflated, or specific they are, the worse of a sign it can be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Until then, Los Angeles County's Kurian and her peers will keep "guesstimating" where residents need more help.
From Salon ● May 15, 2022
But I'm not great at guesstimating time right now because it's not real.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2021
But for now, Kaiser is guesstimating their numbers have held above 2 million.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2020
The methods for guesstimating carbohydrate intake also seemed imprecise, Mr. Costik found, and the process generated a lot of wasted data.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2016
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