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estimate

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




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Total addressable market is an estimate of the annual revenue a company could theoretically capture if it hit 100% market share.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The S&P 500’s forward P/E has declined even though the index’s price has increased 18% over the past year, because its rolling 12-month EPS estimate has increased by 35%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

The duties impact some $20 billion in goods, or about 5.5 percent of Canadian exports to the United States, economists estimate.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

The AI startup is likely to top SpaceX’s eye-popping potential revenue estimate.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

“I estimate five,” said Cassiopeia, who believed it was important to be accurate when speaking about numbers.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

PwC estimates that AI could contribute nearly $16 trillion to the global economy by 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

No single study can fully define the rate of CTE among NFL players, but "Daneshvar and colleagues provide one of the most informative estimates to date," they said.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

We screened the S&P 500 for stocks trading below their 10-year average forward price/sales valuations, and then for projected revenue growth from calendar 2026 through 2028, based on consensus estimates among analysts polled by FactSet.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

In 2025, the Boston Celtics — like the Lakers, an illustrious legacy franchise — were sold for $6.1 billion, which closely matched Forbes market estimates.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

His estimates were a little inaccurate, but good enough to make the point.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Two additional ice islands, with estimated areas of about 97 and 87 sq km, could eventually detach as existing rifts continue spreading across the floating ice tongue.

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

The company's workers have staged a total of 60 hours of strikes this year, causing estimated losses of around $1.6 billion, according to calculations by local news agency Newsis.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

The blood test is meant to address the gap in diagnoses, as an estimated 75% of people living with dementia are undiagnosed, Roche said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

SpaceX, trading at 93 times next year’s estimated earnings, seems hardly the stock to unite both short-term-focused hedge-fund managers and more long-term-oriented mutual-fund managers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

It has been estimated that 95 percent of Pipeline stops yield no illegal drugs.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Traditionally, astronomers estimating the mass hidden in small, faint stars have assumed that stars formed in roughly similar proportions throughout the universe.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

High-net-worth individuals have even higher expectations, estimating they will need $2.67 million to retire comfortably.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Company officials said they remain “committed to the fastest remediation possible,” estimating that the cleanup was about 80% complete.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Billions of dollars in revenue that FIFA—the world governing body of soccer—is estimating it topped during its 2023-26 cycle, following its highly successful World Cup in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

It was from 1658 onwards, and thanks to Christiaan Huygens, that ordinary people began to have access to accurate timepieces, instead of estimating the time of day by the position of the Sun.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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