Noise reduction merely estimates the state of the scene without the noise and is not a substitute for obtaining a "cleaner" image.

It is a complex task to estimate the robot's current location without a map or without a directional reference.

We cannot justly estimate this calamity, without first reviewing certain facts that conspired to bring it about.

In Queens it took Con Ed four days to correctly estimate the number of customers without power.

Fat content: It's hard to estimate without a known serving size of this native treat.

He held one of them up to the light, trying to estimate the gap without hunting around for the gapping tool.

But there is no estimating the new formats without first understanding the sense in which the words are used, "format" in particular.

He estimated without numbers, just judging by the feel of his memory.

The report estimated that the city's population would have declined 9 percent, rather than rising 3.5 percent, without the 856,000 immigrants who moved here in the 1980's.

The report includes a novel method to estimate ancestry without accurate ancestral populations.