overestimate
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The results showed that people dramatically overestimate how common toxic behavior is.
From Science Daily
He also said Wednesday that official statistics could be overestimating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month, meaning the U.S. could have lost 20,000 jobs a month since April.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that central bank staffers believe that federal data could be overestimating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month.
Powell said that Fed staffers believe that federal data could be overestimating job creation by up to 60,000 jobs a month.
Some analysts have suggested that count might overestimate the damage, based on satellite imagery.
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