as in estimated
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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Micheli estimated about 70 bills had some form of this language, about 3% of the almost 2,400 bills introduced.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025 -
Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak estimated that the shift could translate to between $2 billion and $4 billion of annual recurring savings for the company by 2027.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Players’ well-being and moods are constantly assessed, with Smith’s four full-time staff, which includes a qualified nurse, using World Health Organisation tools.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Even so, the publication reported that 12% of the factories assessed had at least one freedom of association or collective bargaining violation (44 out of 381 factories), and documented 17 cases where workers were prevented from forming or joining a union freely.—
Sourcing Journal,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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Today the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awards more than 70 scholarships valued at up to $15,000 each with funds augmented by corporate and individual donors.—
Margaret Buranen,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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The buyout deal, valued at $55 billion, is with several investors, including private-equity firms Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Guesstimated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesstimated. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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