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KB Home lowered the midpoint of its average sales-price estimate for the fourth quarter from $500,000 to $480,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
It seems Nvidia’s shares have held up because the increase in its forward earnings estimate has more than offset the decline in its P/E ratio.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
The researchers estimate that the candidate world is a gas giant roughly the size of Jupiter.
From Science Daily ● 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
Without consulting Burnham, Davis gave an estimate ten percent below the amount Burnham had calculated for President Baker, which Baker had then included in his own statement to investigators.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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The U.S. bank cuts its Terumo revenue forecast for the fiscal year starting in April 2027 but raises operating profit estimates for the period onward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Across various coverage scenarios, Bernstein estimates SpaceX’s total network cost would span $50 billion to $130 billion and require anywhere from 30,000 to 120,000 tower locations.
From MarketWatch ● 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
They are yet to be given a date for a court hearing but Campaner estimates the investigating stage would conclude by the end of the year, with a prospective court case starting next year.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Scholars debate these estimates, but nobody disputes that the Haudenosaunee exemplified the formidable tradition of limited government and personal autonomy shared by many cultures north of the Rio Grande.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The team also estimated how quickly the brown dwarf is losing material.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Ten months later, the shipmaker, Saronic Technologies, chose Brownsville, Texas, taking with it an estimated 10,000 jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
She had estimated that, based on her current earnings trajectory, she would repay her loan in 11 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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
That would feed them for two days, Lupita estimated.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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If no progress is made, prices of food staples will soar, with Denton estimating an up to 80% increase in cereal prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
That commentary suggests the risk to September jobs could be higher than what analysts are estimating.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
But relatives had some concerns about his weight, estimating the boy to be about 200 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
To be honest, I’m just estimating, because I didn’t think to count until about halfway through the lecture.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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