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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Cristobal calls change ‘a positive step’ This new process would have benefited Miami greatly last year when determining who would make the conference championship.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
16 July 2026 These 126 spacecraft will be part of a larger LEO network that the SDA calls the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 July 2026 The joy of traveling well, as Oceania Cruises calls it, comes down to being somewhere real, at the right pace, in good company, with the next good meal already on its way.—Condé Nast Traveler,
15 July 2026 The polytheistic Greeks abide by a strict code of hospitality, which The Odyssey calls Zeus’s Law.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
15 July 2026 Did Lyric and Rome — whose real name is Jack but for some reason calls himself Rome — torpedo their games by engaging in some very obvious snuggle time right in front of the other houseguests?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 July 2026 The bar, which in Thai calls itself a brewery or beer hall, claimed to accommodate as many as 600 customers.—ABC News,
14 July 2026 Robinson, as the company is commonly known, is primarily a freight broker, specializing in what the industry calls LCL (less-than-container load) freight.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
14 July 2026 Not only will voice calls sound crystal clear, but the mic inside the headphones will ensure that your voice sounds that way too.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
14 July 2026
Noun
And she’d been turned off by the idea of using actors when only older men responded to her online casting calls that explained the activities of the day.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
22 July 2026 Phone calls and phone and Instagram messages were used to set up the killing at the Riverwalk apartments in the 1400 block of Carol Oaks Lane, according to police.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 July 2026 Police were responding to calls that someone was attempting to enter parked vehicles in the neighborhood, Patterson said.—ABC News,
22 July 2026 He and his wife, Carol, are bombarded with calls and letters from creditors that remind them daily of their inability to claw their way up to zero.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
22 July 2026 Reflecting back on the CFO agenda’s finding that earnings calls are de-prioritizing sustainability, O’Connor says Mulberry isn’t one of them.—
Brooke Roberts-Islam,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2026 Gomez said phone calls remain an important point of sale, particularly for people who don’t currently have broadband service.—
Jon Brodkin,
ArsTechnica,
22 July 2026 Loftin said his recent emails and calls to town officials have gone unreturned.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
15 July 2026 To collect data, Betancourt said the Worker’s Circle gathers information through calls with immigrant detainees and their families.—
Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
15 July 2026
Again, this gap is not hospitals’ fault but the system that makes hospital stays, surgeries and emergency room visits out of reach for many Americans with limited incomes even with insurance.
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Eric Khant,
Sun Sentinel,
19 July 2026
In the final months of Odysseus’ voyage, his son Telemachus leaves Ithaca and visits the ancient Greek city of Sparta in search of news from his former comrade Menelaus.
Local immigrant rights groups are hoping Costa Mesa cancels its contract with Flock, a security hardware company known for its automatic license plate readers.
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Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
14 July 2026
This program cancels the remaining balance on federal student loans after eligible borrowers consistently make payments on their student debt for 10 years.
The International Energy Agency estimates that pure battery electric vehicle sales rose to about 14 million last year from 11 million in 2024 and should rise further in 2026.
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Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
19 July 2026
VisionSpring, a global nonprofit social enterprise supplying affordable glasses to people in poorer countries, estimates that roughly one in three Bangladeshi garment workers need glasses but do not have them.
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