estimate
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Neither country publicly discloses how many combatants they have lost, but think tanks such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimate that hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been killed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Innodata reported first-quarter revenue of $90.1 million, up 54% year over year and well ahead of the Wall Street consensus estimate of roughly $76.5 million.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Anchoring a policy stance on a single-point estimate from a wide distribution of credible forecasts is an exercise in discretion.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Today, federal wildlife officials estimate there are close to 2,000 grizzlies in the lower 48, concentrated primarily in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Using this figure, Kirkby went back to the ancient cobs excavated from Tehuacan Valley and tried to estimate how much grain per acre they would have yielded.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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