overestimate

It’s impossible to overestimate the depth and singularity of influence that Roach, who died in 2007 at 83 years old, exerted on jazz, and on American culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

"Part of the problem is we overestimate how much finances work," says Carney.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Workers who underestimate how long 65-year-olds typically live are also more pessimistic about their own longevity — with only 25% expecting to reach age 90, versus 72% of those who overestimate.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 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

But the curse of knowledge ensures that most writers will overestimate how standard a term has become and how wide the community is that has learned 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

While a partnership with one of the foremost AI developers would be “a vital long-term strategic move against AI search cannibalization,” the price action Thursday overestimates near-term accretion, Reese asserted.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

Yet the American public consistently overestimates the level of crime, believing it to be at historic highs that constitute an epidemic.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025

For any shot, everyone overestimates the likelihood of it going in.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024

Although it is commonly believed that such a reader overestimates the weight of works of fiction, the opposite is true––he underestimates it.

From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Clayton Meeker Hamilton

The EU said AliExpress' "overestimated the effectiveness of its system in detecting and removing illegal products".

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 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

The wearables correctly identified REM cycles, but overestimated deep sleep—the hardest stage to identify without brain-wave readings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

After recalibrating the data, the team found that emissions from land had been significantly overestimated in earlier models, but even after correction, land remained the dominant source.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026

They overestimated its size by a factor of six and gave it frightening claws, which in fact came from a Megalonyx, or giant ground sloth, found nearby.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

There's a risk of people overestimating a robot's capabilities, he says.

From BBC ● May 28, 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

Filosa said at the time of the announcement that the write-downs “largely reflect the cost of overestimating the pace of the energy transition that distanced us from many car buyers’ real-world needs, means and desires.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

My father has a bad habit of overestimating his charm—and also my mother’s patience.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen