guestimate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Last year, my mum and I managed 250 mince pies for a church coffee morning, and I'd guestimate that my Aunty Christine and my mother-in-law Sheana were baking at a similar rate.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021
“We saw the pouch move so we backtracked and guestimate that the joey was born in August at some point.”
From Washington Times ● May 6, 2018
Nevertheless, it is not for us to guestimate the workload of an annalist of the Floridian ancien regime.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2016
A ”split the difference” total of $750m worldwide isn’t an insane guestimate.
From Forbes ● Mar. 17, 2015
Granted, this is a guestimate based on other guestimates.
From Forbes ● Jun. 26, 2012
Some guestimated that 1940 output would jump 15% above 1939.
From Time Magazine Archive
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