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Rule of thumb.
(USA) A basic rule that is usually but not always correct.
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Citing a variety of recent court rulings, the watchdog groups also argued that one common rule of thumb — that such political activity is lawful so long does not constitute the majority of a non-profit group's expenditures — is not supported by federal law.
A common rule of thumb says one should keep enough cash for 6 to 12 months of expenses.
One common rule of thumb is that reserves that can cover three months' worth of imports are adequate.
If we use six months of imports as our yardstick (a common rule of thumb) then China has more than $3tn of excess reserves.
All major religions have changed so much over time, and sprouted so many branches, that a common rule of thumb is: if they say they're Muslim, Christian, or Buddhist and don't reject the most essential tenets of the faith, then that's what they are.
A common rule of thumb among early stage VCs is to reserve 2 3x dollars for every $1 initially invested in a startup.
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They plan to withdraw 4 percent of their savings a year — a common, rule-of-thumb drawdown.
In the absence of established minimal clinically important differences on the EOLD Scales, we follow a common rule-of-thumb for patient reported outcomes and assume 0.5 standard deviation (SD) [ 66].
Figure 3 is a comparison of the two most common rules of thumb for splitting a sample into a training set and a test set.
A common rule of the thumb states that sample size should be at least 10 times the number of events.
Two rule-of-thumb travelers' tips: Bring extra socks.
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