underestimate
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Their analysis found that conventional assessments underestimate total heat exposure by more than 150% on average, a difference that could have important consequences for understanding ecosystem health.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The group warned that while globally the number of documented killings had gone down from 146 in 2024 to 128 in 2025, its numbers were probably an underestimate as many cases went unreported.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“One should never underestimate the creativity and persistence of our legal community,” Grove said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Energy Information Administration and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has a tendency to underestimate crude demand.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Don’t underestimate him. Reyna’s not so bad by herself, but if Octavian shares her power...”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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Although this condition is linked to a wide variety of negative health effects, the public chronically underestimates its seriousness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Perhaps Claude, like many of us, underestimates the rate of AI progress,” Anthropic researchers wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Yass said fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos, if anything, underestimates his contribution to the U.S. economy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
That there are really only two options for communication vastly underestimates dogs’ communicative potential.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
Sorry is the fool who ever underestimates my mother.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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But for whatever reason, that becomes the data point for why I underestimated the magnitude of the miss, which then becomes the data point for my firing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Canadians have never felt quite safe with America, while Americans have consistently misunderstood and underestimated the enormous land to the north.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
She said one student fainted after hearing about the disaster, but many initially underestimated the danger and waited for classmates who were in a maths lesson.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelling study published Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
He was long and sinewy, but because of his mild manner we had always underestimated his strength.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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Europe is already paying the price for underestimating that strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"That is why we are committed to progressing in a collaborative way, whilst not underestimating the considerable challenges ahead, and providing stability for all at the earliest opportunity."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“The market is underestimating the breadth of XPeng’s AI ambitions but could be overestimating how quickly this can translate into earnings,” Hsiao said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
That’s even as investors may be underestimating the potential of recently inked customer agreements, because of the way these deals were structured in the past.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
I reached the end of my tune thinking he might take this as an opportunity to applaud or maybe even apologize for underestimating me.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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