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estimate

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




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The BEA also releases its revised second-quarter estimate for gross domestic product growth.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

But local authorities estimate that about 10,000 people arrived at the height of the rush.

From BBC Aug. 22, 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

The number of Russian soldiers deployed in Kaliningrad is unknown, but military analysts estimate around 20,000-30,000 before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Ornamental bay windows protrude from the sooty brick exterior that I estimate to be seventeenth century.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The country will also lose nearly 60 million people in the next decade - almost equivalent to the population of France - according to some estimates.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Still, a persistent gap remains between Washington’s estimates and what the market can independently verify.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Wood Mackenzie, a research firm, estimates that a one-gigawatt orbital data center would cost $170 billion, more than triple the cost of a traditional data center.

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

Cautious estimates begin at eighteen million casualties, but the number may even be as high as forty-five million.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

A Los Angeles County report estimated that 4,500 jobs would be lost in Los Angeles if the merger goes through.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

In the UK, about 7,000 babies are estimated to be born with some form of CMN each year.

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

Cluny mentally estimated the walls to be of immense thickness as he and Redtooth, ducking their heads, emerged from the tunnel-like arch into the Abbey grounds, where Constance and Matthias were waiting in the sunlight.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Hoge spent a week holed up in a conference room with Moderna’s top chemical engineer, sketching designs and estimating the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Traditionally, astronomers estimating the mass hidden in small, faint stars have assumed that stars formed in roughly similar proportions throughout the universe.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

Walmart too is facing a hit from the jump in energy prices, estimating a $2 billion drag in fuel costs for all of 2026.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

High-net-worth individuals have even higher expectations, estimating they will need $2.67 million to retire comfortably.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

She looks at me sideways, as if estimating how far, how much farther I’ll go in what we both know, surely, is base treachery.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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