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So far this year, nearly 300,000 hectares of land have burned in Indonesia, according to an independent estimate from the Nusantara Atlas portal.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
They estimate this will reach 13% by 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Treasury Department and IRS estimate that up to 18,000 private schools, colleges and other education institutions nationwide could be affected by the proposal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Adura said a more likely estimate was about 23.6m tonnes - equivalent to 60% of the 2023 figure.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Recognizing that his continent-wide estimate did not account for regional variation, Kroeber encouraged future scholars to seek out and analyze “sharply localized documentary evidence.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The Great Triumphal Arch is estimated to cost at least $100 million, with some estimates reaching up to $250 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
He appears to have switched from reporting the properties’ assessed values, which are set by the local county, to the loftier estimates of what they would fetch on the open market.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Instead of the economy being deemed to have shed 23,000 jobs in July, some 44,000 were found to have been created in subsequent estimates.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Wolf Conservation Center estimates there are around 7,600 gray wolves in the contiguous United States.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Neither China nor North Korea released figures, but estimates of these economic migrants ranged from tens of thousands to four hundred thousand.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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The Great Triumphal Arch is estimated to cost at least $100 million, with some estimates reaching up to $250 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Its estimated market value, meanwhile, is more than $1.5 million, according to real estate websites.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
But as they—and the estimated 54.4 million children enrolled in K–12 schools in the United States—transition from open-ended summer days to structured school days, they’ll be spending less time outside or socializing freely with friends.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
He estimated there were thousands of tonnes of material, which he said looked like "low-grade demolition waste", saying that he had seen tar and lead batteries in amongst the rubble.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I estimated the hush that might follow my opening sentence and felt my future listeners leaning forward, just slightly, in their seats.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Pokharel believes the toll there could be far higher than official figures suggest, estimating that "2,000 to 2,500 people" may have been caught in the flood.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
But this is potentially the largest relief plan to date, with the state tax board estimating it would make more than $40 million available to newsrooms annually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Walmart too is facing a hit from the jump in energy prices, estimating a $2 billion drag in fuel costs for all of 2026.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were estimating producer prices to rise by 0.2% last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
I wasn’t sure how many there had been, and I thought that Gearhart was only estimating.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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