estimate
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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
To estimate native numbers before Columbus, one thus had to multiply census figures from those times by a factor of twenty or more.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Nomura estimates STL’s revenue and Ebitda will grow at annualized rates of 50% and 89%, respectively, over FY26-29.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Because management deploys capital into both public equities and owning entire businesses, analyst earnings estimates understate how cheap the company is.”
From MarketWatch ● 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
Of these, Richard Hoggart estimates, most manage a fairly graceful transition.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Meanwhile, the estimated share of female traders has grown by about 40% over the past year, and women made up two-thirds of new users who wagered on “Love Island.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Every £1 of UK investment through the European Space Agency generated £7.49 in direct economic benefit, an independent evaluation commissioned by the UK Space Agency estimated.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Oklahoma coach Brent Venables, meanwhile, recently raised questions about the job security of John Mateer, the turnover-prone passer earning an estimated $1.5 million to play for the Sooners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
They compared the estimated brain age with each participant's actual age.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
Nathan estimated that its diameter was as wide as Nali’s mobile home.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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Exports, led by technology hardware makers, likely remained robust in September, with economists estimating growth of 40% to 59.7% from a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
That commentary suggests the risk to September jobs could be higher than what analysts are estimating.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Even there, the population is small, with the most recent survey estimating just 140 mature individuals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The state auditor recently released a report estimating that five of them need repairs that would cost $2.4 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
I wasn’t sure how many there had been, and I thought that Gearhart was only estimating.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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