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estimate

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




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It seems Nvidia’s shares have held up because the increase in its forward earnings estimate has more than offset the decline in its P/E ratio.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

The researchers estimate that the candidate world is a gas giant roughly the size of Jupiter.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

For the January 2028 fiscal year, the average estimate for free cash flow tops $330 billion, according to data compiled by Visible Alpha.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The three items were sold to a British private collector at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in the Cotswolds on Wednesday, fetching a hammer price of £5,000 - double the estimate.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Given that there is some rough economic estimate of a stock’s value, regression to the mean can sometimes be used to justify a kind of contrarian strategy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Out of all the heating sources, however, it estimates that households using heating oil will be the hardest hit, paying about 50% more in heating costs than last winter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Singapore will also release preliminary third-quarter gross domestic product estimates on Wednesday and September nonoil domestic exports data on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Newport Beach expected intense surf Friday, but the high tide turned out to be much worse than the estimates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

They are yet to be given a date for a court hearing but Campaner estimates the investigating stage would conclude by the end of the year, with a prospective court case starting next year.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

When scholars first increased their estimates of Indians’ ecological management they met with considerable resistance, especially from ecologists and environmentalists.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

California Gig Workers Union spokesman Tim Sandoval said the organization will eventually represent all of the estimated 300,000 to 350,000 ride-share drivers in the state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Diesel production in Russia dropped by an estimated 30%, according to the International Energy Agency.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The team also estimated how quickly the brown dwarf is losing material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

But it’s more than just Greenland sharks at risk, with an estimated 79 million sharks dying in fisheries in 2019.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Two months, we estimated, was as long as we could go without a paycheck coming in.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

"We're now estimating the size of the movement of Earth's mass center back and forth each year to be about half of what we believed it to be eight years ago," said Argus.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

That finding challenges the usual way scientists interpret thermal stress and provides a new approach for estimating total heat exposure across coastal ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

However, estimating the current scale of SpaceX’s computing business can be difficult.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

But relatives had some concerns about his weight, estimating the boy to be about 200 pounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I used to enjoy estimating quantities, but not anymore.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan




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