to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
let's call that five feet for now, and we'll measure it out later
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Shavers has spent years warning about button pushing, where an examiner runs the tool, accepts the output and calls it an examination.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2026 Curiously, the man says goodbye to Thom by name — but when Bret calls this out the next morning, Thom denies it.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2026 Melissa, who affectionately calls her daughters Big Sis and Lil Sis online, says that the fairy holding an open book in her lap is representative of her older daughter who loves to read.—
Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE,
13 Aug. 2026 Dawson calls the number concerning and says keeping students in classrooms requires providing support to teachers.—
Kellye Lynn,
CBS News,
13 Aug. 2026 Multiple calls to Stella went unanswered on Tuesday and Wednesday.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2026 The Fathom is the first product built on what Ford calls the Universal Electric Vehicle platform, which will be the basic architecture for producing multiple upcoming electric cars, from compacts to vans, Bergg said.—
Michael Ballaban,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2026 Also playing a role would be the question of what Vilhauer calls personal relevance—whether the news of nonhuman life affected any one person directly.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 Aug. 2026 The Dane County Farmers’ Market in Madison, Wisconsin, calls itself the largest producer-only farmers market in the country.—
Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
5 Aug. 2026
Noun
The Moon enters Sagittarius and your 3rd House of Communication, highlighting calls, messages, errands, siblings, neighbors, and daily logistics.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Aug. 2026 Several other companies said during their earnings calls that the refunds are being used to offer more promotions.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2026 If your employer doesn't permit personal calls, for example, tell the debt collector.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
19 Aug. 2026 Messages, calls, errands, or coworker questions may interrupt the system that keeps you steady.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
19 Aug. 2026 Backcountry Hunters and Anglers alone logged nearly 115,000 calls and emails.—
Will Pattiz,
Denver Post,
19 Aug. 2026 The program pairs a social worker with a police officer to handle mental health, domestic violence and other sensitive calls.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2026 One workflow might require multiple model calls, tool calls, searches and interactions with internal systems.—
Nicole Casperson,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2026 This works for both standard phone calls and voice calls in WhatsApp.—ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2026
The Pentagon estimates roughly 75% of Americans ages 17 to 24 are ineligible to serve, and has been that way for a long time, with obesity and failure to meetacademic standards among the leading reasons.
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Steven Beynon,
ABC News,
17 Aug. 2026
The Wall Street powerhouse estimates the company's market share in the region to more than triple by 2030, to around 10%, up from 3% this year.
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