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estimation

[es-tuh-mey-shuhn] / ˌɛs təˈmeɪ ʃən /


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This was due to overperformance in specific races and in Phillips’s estimation, this could happen again in 2026.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

But the law leaves "significant gaps", Snapchat said, arguing that age estimation technology was only accurate to within two to three years.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

People with the "pancreatic-predominant" pattern showed a proton density fat fraction -- an MRI marker that provides a precise estimation of fat concentration in tissue -- of about 30 percent in the pancreas.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

Those who worry that they aren’t sufficiently productive will be comforted to know that, in Mr. Bailey’s estimation, “you have about four focused hours in you each workday.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

That he had gone to France thinking that he would grow in estimation in her eyes.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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