estimate
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Planned capacity cuts in Europe of more than 800,000 units are in line with Jefferies’ estimate of about 1 million excess capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Revenue fell 6.4% year over year to $2.78 billion and was below Wall Street’s estimate of $2.87 billion.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
It’s too early to estimate how much crude oil was released.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
However, Judge Nicholas Rimmer said that estimate hinged on multiple hypotheticals and therefore reduced the value to £340,000.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Using this figure, Kirkby went back to the ancient cobs excavated from Tehuacan Valley and tried to estimate how much grain per acre they would have yielded.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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