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estimate

[es-tuh-mayt, es-tuh-mit, -mayt] / ˈɛs təˌmeɪt, ˈɛs tə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt /




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The pattern and timing of that light allow scientists to estimate the direction the neutrino came from — helping them trace its origins in the cosmos.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

California had already looked to enforcement efforts to investigate suspicious out-of-state car sales, which officials estimate amount to $10 million annually in lost tax revenue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Kinetiq Political Insights' latest estimate is slightly higher at $11.96 billion, with a projected range of $11.5 billion to $12.5 billion.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Analysts estimate that some one million buyers have dropped out of the U.S. auto market with the cost of a new vehicle now hovering around $50,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

I estimate my Walmart bag weighs 1 pound by the time we get to the end of her street.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Pitkin County Commissioner Greg Poschman has heard estimates of as much as a 20% decrease in visitors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Moving it through a pipeline and into a tanker requires treatment that would add $15 a barrel to its cost, he estimates, not counting the specialized equipment needed to refine it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

"The WHO initial risk assessment from the information available estimates the risk to be moderate to low for Irkutsk," WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a press briefing in Geneva.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Yet estimates suggest that less than 6 billion barrels of commercial inventories remain.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

By our more optimistic estimates, one of them is the site of an advanced civilization.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Sunrise’s growth plan includes a development pipeline of more than 50 communities with an estimated construction cost of $7.5 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The NCA estimated the boats could have been used to move up to 1,700 migrants.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The company is expected to grow at a 70% rate, but the stock trades cheaply at less than 20 times estimated earnings per share for its next fiscal year, he noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Researchers then created a computer model that estimated each person's age based on those communication patterns.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

Just before ten in the morning, the city was hit by a sudden sideways lurch now estimated at magnitude 9.0 and shaken ferociously for seven full minutes.

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

However, estimating the current scale of SpaceX’s computing business can be difficult.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

They claimed that data limitations in the national health expenditure accounts prevented them from estimating the cost of new vision and hearing benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

He points to research estimating the environmental impact of cellulosic microfibers as one to two orders of magnitude lower than that of synthetic fibers, largely because they degrade faster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Even there, the population is small, with the most recent survey estimating just 140 mature individuals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Malaria continues to claim more lives than any other disease, with some health organizations estimating up to 2 million deaths a year.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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