- present participle of estimate.
estimating
Example Sentences
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Global oil supply has been significantly disrupted, with the IEA estimating a loss of 13 million barrels a day.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
About 100 million people are on them worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and with the University College London estimating that number to be 1.6 million in the UK alone.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
SpaceX, which aims to debut in June and is estimating a public net worth of nearly $2 trillion, will not be like any other ticker.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
Morgan analysts estimating that more than 30 million Americans could be taking GLP-1s by 2030, up from 10 million this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
It was the equivalent of pulling a frantic all-nighter to get a paper done in college, only Barack was estimating it would take him roughly a couple of months to get the book finished.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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