underestimate
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AI demand may continue to grow, but at a slower pace than expected, as firms likely underestimate the barriers to AI adoption, CE says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
"I think people wildly underestimate the level of sensitive information that in-home recordings would pick up," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Don’t underestimate healthcare costs if your husband decides to join you in retirement and you don’t have the benefit — or luxury — of his workplace healthcare plan, assuming he has one.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
But I would not underestimate Siebel Newsom, who showed her strength when she testified against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, laying out publicly a private, painful tale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
This was unfortunate not only because Ptolemaeus’s system was wrong, but because it seemed to endorse a measurement of the earth’s circumference of 18,000 miles—a significant underestimate.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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That there are really only two options for communication vastly underestimates dogs’ communicative potential.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
“We believe the Street still underestimates the sustainability of margin recovery,” Tarlowe writes, adding $3 to his price target, to $245, and reiterating a Buy rating.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Bivens said, if anything, looking at strictly the tariffs collected underestimates the increased prices paid by consumers.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026
But the hope that games might one day absorb humanity’s deepest conflicts underestimates how much those conflicts depend on stakes that games, by design, cannot replicate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Arguably, Mauer underestimates the scope of the challenge by focusing narrowly on the prison system, rather than counting all of the people employed in the criminal justice bureaucracy.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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The implications of a peace deal for global markets should not be underestimated.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
“Legally Blonde” sets up Elle to be underestimated by everybody, including the audience.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Puschendorf said: "Diversity is really hard to quantify, but what this new study shows is that we have completely underestimated the insects."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The engineering challenges of building “behind-the-meter” projects have been underestimated, but can provide companies with computing power more quickly and avoid cost impacts to other ratepayers, James said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Well, my mistake. I underestimated you, Red. Boy, did I.”
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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Micron wasn’t alone in underestimating the level of demand for AI-linked products.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
Harrison admitted to underestimating the backlash from fans but defended the trade, initially saying he had “no regrets.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Wall Street is underestimating how much Meta will spend on AMD’s AI chips, a Citi analyst said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Former health secretary Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor who is seeking a return to the Commons, accused Sir Tony of underestimating the impact of inequality in his critique.
From BBC ● May 29, 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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