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estimate

[es-tuh-mayt, es-tuh-mit, -mayt] / ˈɛs təˌmeɪt, ˈɛs tə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt /




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The researchers estimate that the candidate world is a gas giant roughly the size of Jupiter.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

For the January 2028 fiscal year, the average estimate for free cash flow tops $330 billion, according to data compiled by Visible Alpha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Evidence about the true level of autism relies on surveys that have not been done for nine years, so the review team have had to estimate what has happened since.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Florida homeowners who have applied for the homestead exemption can estimate how much they would save under Amendment 3 on this website created by the state.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Using the same calculation but plugging in the best modern estimate of the size of the Earth’s orbit, Rømer’s own observations give the speed of light as 298,000 kilometres per second.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

And if forward earnings estimates weaken instead, these stocks could face further pressure.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh, a fertility doctor in the Bay Area, estimates that about 30% of her female patients are already taking peptides when they walk into her office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Newport Beach expected intense surf Friday, but the high tide turned out to be much worse than the estimates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Logan estimates about 40 percent of US soybeans are exported, with China traditionally a key buyer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

There’s no reliable statistic documenting how many people embraced the game as a result of the publicity surrounding the Fischer–Spassky match, but some estimates put the number in the millions.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The shipmaker Saronic Technologies picked Texas over Solano County for a shipyard, taking an estimated 10,000 jobs with it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The team also estimated how quickly the brown dwarf is losing material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

Signal has an estimated 40-70 million users - a drop in the ocean next to WhatsApp, which has billions.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But it’s more than just Greenland sharks at risk, with an estimated 79 million sharks dying in fisheries in 2019.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Despite all this, Erastis estimated that they had reproduced only a small fraction of the Book.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

That finding challenges the usual way scientists interpret thermal stress and provides a new approach for estimating total heat exposure across coastal ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

However, estimating the current scale of SpaceX’s computing business can be difficult.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

But relatives had some concerns about his weight, estimating the boy to be about 200 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Even there, the population is small, with the most recent survey estimating just 140 mature individuals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

It’s a simple way of estimating how many friends and acquaintances you have.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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