guesstimating

verb

present participle of guesstimate
as in estimating
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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  1. estimating
  2. valuing
  3. assessing
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  • At the same time, Alphabet raised its full-year capital expenditure forecast, estimating that full-year capex will reach between $195 billion and $205 billion.
    — , CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Spain's interior ministry released its own figures shortly after Vivas spoke Friday, estimating that some 50,000 people had crossed from Morocco since Thursday.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of estimating
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  • Chores are delegated, valuing time over cost, even for non-work activities.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Fernandez’s future is still uncertain at the club, with Chelsea leaving him off the ‘not for sale’ list this summer and valuing the 25-year-old at £120million ($161m).
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of valuing
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  • Rather than assessing individual process decisions separately, the new system is intended to examine multiple design options and weigh competing factors together.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Investors and startup CEOs are keenly studying the variations in how much an African tech startup can hope to raise as a signal for assessing the ecosystem’s health.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of assessing
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