guesstimate
noun
guess·ti·mate
ˈge-stə-mət 
: an estimate usually made without adequate information
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But what matters more today than refining guesstimates on average selling price and penetration rates, is understanding the unmet needs of populations living with neurodegenerative diseases, physical injuries, and psychiatric indications.
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Naveen Rao, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
With these new tactics has come a new politics, in which popular legitimacy depends less on the media’s guesstimates of the size of a crowd but on the actual numbers of people seen camped out in certain squares.
—Roger Owen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2013
Musk previously offered a ballpark cost for Optimus at somewhere under $20,000—although his accuracy in such guesstimates aren’t great.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023
No one really knows just how much material OSIRIS-REx managed to grab from Bennu—although informed guesstimates from Lockheed Martin personnel peg the amount within a range of about 150 to 350 grams.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2023
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Naveen Rao, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
With these new tactics has come a new politics, in which popular legitimacy depends less on the media’s guesstimates of the size of a crowd but on the actual numbers of people seen camped out in certain squares.
—Roger Owen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2013
Musk previously offered a ballpark cost for Optimus at somewhere under $20,000—although his accuracy in such guesstimates aren’t great.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023
No one really knows just how much material OSIRIS-REx managed to grab from Bennu—although informed guesstimates from Lockheed Martin personnel peg the amount within a range of about 150 to 350 grams.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2023
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“Guesstimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guesstimate. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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