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While the margin of record is currently very small and any global estimate comes with uncertainties, scientists say its timing is particularly notable.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The BEA also releases its revised second-quarter estimate for gross domestic product growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The researchers "tested it in soil, seawater and deionised water. It degraded in all of those conditions ... and we estimate that it would biodegrade within about nine months," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
For the first time, the team was able to reliably estimate the relative numbers of small, faint stars and much larger, brighter stars in galaxies at such great distances.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Sancho and Master Peter made an estimate of the damage, and Don Quixote paid every last bit of it.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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By 2035, more than a third of China's population will be over 60, according to official estimates.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Burton estimates that she has spent more than $20,000 to date on tickets for Styles concerts and merchandise at his shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Muse noted that Nvidia’s stock looks particularly cheap when valued based on especially bullish estimates for earnings per share of $17 in calendar 2027 and $25 in calendar 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The models that most closely matched the observations provided new estimates of UGC 9050-Dw1's total mass and showed how that mass is distributed throughout the galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
She estimates three for each adult, one or two for each of the children.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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LSU could pay him an estimated $1 million for his NIL, exceeding the NFL full-season rookie minimum of $885,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
That missed the 718.6 million yuan loss estimated by analysts in a Visible Alpha poll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
SpaceX, trading at 93 times next year’s estimated earnings, seems hardly the stock to unite both short-term-focused hedge-fund managers and more long-term-oriented mutual-fund managers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Both companies have been described as "Russia's Amazon" and it is estimated that they are used by 85-90% of Russia's economically active population.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
An estimated sixteen million visitors come to see the new inventions, including a solar oven, American porcelain teeth, Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, Thomas Edison’s phonograph and his megaphone, modified to help the hard of hearing.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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The team also used generalized estimating equation models to examine how cardiovascular factors were related to changes in cognition.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“An offshore field with 15 to 20 wells might produce 150,000 barrels a day,” Robotti said, while estimating that an onshore well might produce “a thousand barrels a day if you are lucky.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Company officials said they remain “committed to the fastest remediation possible,” estimating that the cleanup was about 80% complete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
For the third quarter, the company guided for subscription revenue of $3.98 billion to $3.98 billion, below the $4.01 billion that Wall Street is estimating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“They are estimating nine million at the last count,” my father said.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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