conservative

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Deavers notes that these estimates are likely conservative.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

He said the FDA’s decision to send out a warning letter instead of issuing a recall is “completely normal,” and the agency is very conservative when it comes to food safety.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

But many cases are close-run things, and as the wide variety of conservative opinions show, there are often many sound positions and approaches to choose from.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

He points to the new company guidance as conservative, suggesting that any positive development this year should be enough to “inflect the stock.”

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Even with conservative assumptions about the rate of paleo-Indian expansion, the destructive front would reach the Gulf of Mexico in three to five centuries.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann