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—The 10-year French government bond, or OAT, yield trimmed its rise after a weaker-than-expected flash estimate purchasing managers’ index reading for August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

One estimate placed the cost of the ballroom and the bunker at $600 million, with taxpayers covering half, the Washington Post reported.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The students estimate it would cost £1.2m in total to provide that support.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Mike McPhaden, a senior scientist at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, had a similar estimate, telling AFP: "It's not inconceivable that 2027 may top out at 1.7C above preindustrial levels" if model forecasts bear out.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

He used these to calculate life expectancies for each age group, and to estimate the population of London, which he concluded was 460,000—not, as had been claimed, 7 million or so.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He estimates it will have an annual revenue run rate of more than $1 million by October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Immigration and emigration estimates, external from the ONS are updated twice a year.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Meanwhile, Bumble Bee Foods plans to lay off 197 workers on Nov. 19 and estimates that it will lay off another 36 workers when the fish canning facility finally closes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

The US Department of Agriculture estimates that total beef consumption this year will hit 29.4 billion pounds, an uptick from 2025.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Of these, Richard Hoggart estimates, most manage a fairly graceful transition.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Before the joint venture, Chamberlain estimated that business would top out around $160 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The idea was floated by the campaign group Positive Money, which estimated it would raise £19bn a year.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The poll surveyed 4,207 registered voters in California from Aug. 3 to 9, online in English and Spanish, and has an estimated margin of error of about 2.5 percentage points in either direction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

By 2023, Xu's wealth was estimated at $1.8 billion -- down from $42 billion in 2017 -- according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The 7.0-magnitude earthquake and its fifty-two aftershocks killed an estimated 316,000 Haitians, injured 300,000, and instantly made more than a million people homeless.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The team also used generalized estimating equation models to examine how cardiovascular factors were related to changes in cognition.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

The staggering $1.4 trillion in alleged damages comes from estimating the number of affected users in the four states.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Company officials said they remain “committed to the fastest remediation possible,” estimating that the cleanup was about 80% complete.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

For the third quarter, the company guided for subscription revenue of $3.98 billion to $3.98 billion, below the $4.01 billion that Wall Street is estimating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

“They are estimating nine million at the last count,” my father said.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri