estimating

Example Sentences

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Some are starting to raise premiums, with several insurance executives estimating that there could soon be double-digit increases from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

"I really hope that somebody jumps in now and does something like that" for Bundibugyo, Geisbert said, estimating that it could be done in as little as six or seven months.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Although the budget documents note the potential for gains from SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI, each of which have a significant labor force in the state, the government refrained from estimating the impact.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 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

It had long been known that the Earth radiated appreciable amounts of heat–that was apparent to anyone who went down a coal mine–but there wasn’t any way of estimating the rate of dissipation.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson