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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Every company should have a contingency plan estimating the cost and operational impact of remedies like unbundling services or forced data sharing.—
Kevan Yalowitz,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
The center's aurora dashboard has an animation estimating what aurora visibility will be like for the next 30 minutes.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Insurers increasingly focus on valuing and protecting intangibles—intellectual property, data, brand IP—rather than physical assets.—
Leslie Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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That followed a $100 million round led by Tiger Global Management with and investors including Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo and Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at $1 billion.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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Cotality, a data research company, issues yearly wildfire risk reports assessing the state of the wildfire insurance industry and the risk of damaging wildfires for certain parts of the United States.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Moyes takes his time assessing and signing off on targets and is notoriously picky.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Guesstimating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guesstimating. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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