estimate
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"This pushes back the oldest known evidence of humans in rainforests by more than double the previously known estimate."
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
Each projectile carries a price tag of around $1.2 million, Ukrainian defence analysts estimate.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology estimate that Americans value access to search engines, email and digital maps at roughly $30,000 a year, none of which shows up in income statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The forward P/E is a company’s share price divided by the consensus EPS estimate for the next 12 months.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
By its position, I estimate it must be going on ten o’clock, that we’ve been in the arena for about a day.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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