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overestimate

[oh-ver-es-tuh-meyt, oh-ver-es-tuh-mit] / ˌoʊ vərˈɛs təˌmeɪt, ˈoʊ vərˈɛs tə mɪt /














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"If you are contacting a sample with a gloved hand, you're likely imparting these stearates that could overestimate your results."

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

This is a far higher proportion than we would see if Wall Street analysts were equally likely to overestimate earnings as underestimate them.

From Barron's Mar. 26, 2026

Unfortunately, investors overestimate their chances of picking those winners.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

Armour's letter said that education was facing a gap of £250m, and he could not "overestimate the financial challenge we face in seeking to address our funding gap".

From BBC Jan. 13, 2026

The curse of knowledge means that we’re more likely to overestimate the average reader’s familiarity with our little world than to underestimate it.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

NBCUniversal executive Mark Marshall publicly criticized Nielsen, saying it overestimates streaming viewership at the expense of traditional media companies’ valuations.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

Unfortunately, the price action overestimates near-term profit possibility, Reese explained while cutting the stock to Underperform from Neutral.

From Barron's Mar. 6, 2026

It's tremendous knockabout stuff, but it rather overestimates the scale of the challenge Scotland have faced when playing against England in the Townsend era.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

Whatever the full explanation, the current focus on shoplifting is part of a broader trend: The public often overestimates crime.

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2023

He always overestimates the strength of the enemy, and while he may win a victory he will not reap the fruits of it.

From The Shades of the Wilderness A Story of Lee's Great Stand by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

"What if I have completely overestimated my capabilities? What if my story ends up being a cautionary tale like Icarus about flying too close to the sun?" he writes in the book.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

High-rise buildings like those in Ancoats, which suffered huge deprivation after the war, are clear evidence of Manchester's redevelopment but Swinney says its economic "growth miracle" has been overestimated by official statistics.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

He vastly overestimated the power of the Pakistani diaspora in U.S. politics.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

It’s yet another indication that the allure of AI-created content for paying customers has been vastly overestimated.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2026

They had overestimated the speed with which they could defeat the Soviet army and underestimated the will to resist not only of the Soviet troops but also of the Soviet people.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

“The market is underestimating the breadth of XPeng’s AI ambitions but could be overestimating how quickly this can translate into earnings,” Hsiao said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

He believes the market is overestimating the adverse impact of AI-based design rivals and notes user interest in Adobe’s own AI features.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

But investors might be overestimating the odds that central banks will raise rates in response to the war.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

"We may be overestimating microplastics, but there should be none," said McNeil, senior author of the study and U-M professor of chemistry, macromolecular science and engineering, and the Program in the Environment.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

It was flattering, but Shady was highly overestimating my circle of friends.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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