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"But I also don't think we should overestimate the impact of one or two difficult cases," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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

Confirming the upcoming meeting between Araghchi and Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "The importance of this conversation is hard to overestimate given how the situation around Iran and in the Middle East is developing."

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 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

The curse of knowledge means that we’re more likely to overestimate the average reader’s familiarity with our little world than to underestimate 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

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

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024

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

But the strategists hold that these worries are overestimated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

"What if I have completely overestimated my capabilities? What if my story ends up being a cautionary tale like Icarus about flying too close to the sun?" he writes in the book.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 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

He has admitted he overestimated how well his players would deal with the pressure of the Ashes, yet has to marry that with his determination to remove pressure from the dressing room.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

He was green, and he overestimated his resilience, but he was sufficiently skilled to last for sixteen weeks on little more than his wits and ten pounds of rice.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

At the time, he estimated that federal employment data could be overestimating the number of jobs created by as much as 60,000 positions each month.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

That mutual awareness may provide some reassurance, but it could also create dangerous misperceptions, with each side potentially overestimating its leverage or misreading the opponent's intentions.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

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

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen