as in to estimate
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding
I'm going to guesstimate that this ring is worth $200 or so
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Prosecutors, however, estimated the loss to businesses and homeowners at about $35 million.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025 -
The deadliest country in the world for young children is South Sudan — the United Nations estimates that about 1 in 10 children born there won’t make it to their fifth birthday.—
Kelsey Piper,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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Home equity and Medicaid Under both chambers, applicants wouldn't qualify for Medicaid if their home equity is valued at more than $1 million, regardless of inflation.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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The origin of creativity, from brain to book, film, canvas, or ProTools, is less valued or seen as unique, because the same thing can be done anywhere, by anyone.—
Shain Shapiro,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Hwang In-ho (Lee Byung-hun), aka the Front Man, joined the games himself, posing as another desperate stranger in order to better assess Gi-hun’s righteous crusade.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
27 June 2025
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In an email, a spokesperson for Fix the City said the group was assessing the landscape and its options.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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“Guesstimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesstimate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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