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overestimate

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














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But a number of economists argue their projections lack clarity and likely overestimate the windfall.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

However, don’t overestimate the value of these credentials, according to job-market experts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

It’s hard for investors to learn from their mistakes because they tend to underweight the importance of luck, overestimate the role of skill and “overinterpret what may be chance events,” says Alex Edmans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

"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

Yet we should not overestimate the importance of such external relations.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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

The high demand surged global lithium production, but in recent months prices have significantly dipped due to a short-term oversupply in the metal and overestimates in electric vehicle purchases.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

Sometimes he overestimates himself, or what is equally bad, underestimates himself.

From The Head Voice and Other Problems Practical Talks on Singing by D. A. (David Alva) Clippinger

Opting for the big tech credo of “move fast and break things,” they vastly overestimated their abilities — and the American people’s tolerance.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026

It also overestimated diastolic blood pressure, the bottom number, or the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats, by 4.0 mmHg.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The company overestimated demand, picked the wrong characters and made too many of dolls, said Gerrick Johnson, senior research analyst at Seaport Research Partners, which has a buy rating on Funko.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

But the strategists hold that these worries are overestimated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

And the sloth’s slightly better sense of smell should not be overestimated.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

"The heat loss calculations often led to overestimating the design heat loads by a factor of two or more."

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

But poultry companies ended up hatching too many chicks and overestimating demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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

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

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool


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