estimate
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Even if he had given approval it would have taken a while for Ukraine to make Patriots themselves - some estimate at least a year.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The researchers "tested it in soil, seawater and deionised water. It degraded in all of those conditions ... and we estimate that it would biodegrade within about nine months," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
For the first time, the team was able to reliably estimate the relative numbers of small, faint stars and much larger, brighter stars in galaxies at such great distances.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Bancel gave him a back of the envelope estimate: half a million dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Howie Hubler is Morgan Stanley’s star bond trader, and his group of eight traders is generating, by their estimate, around 20 percent of Morgan Stanley’s profits.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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By 2035, more than a third of China's population will be over 60, according to official estimates.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Still, a persistent gap remains between Washington’s estimates and what the market can independently verify.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Wall Street currently expects more than 50% revenue growth for the fiscal year, but Daryanani thinks estimates will move higher from there, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The models that most closely matched the observations provided new estimates of UGC 9050-Dw1's total mass and showed how that mass is distributed throughout the galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Mario Campos Gutierrez, supervisor of Grupo Beta Sur, estimates that half eventually get here—after repeated attempts.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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The blood test is meant to address the gap in diagnoses, as an estimated 75% of people living with dementia are undiagnosed, Roche said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
SpaceX, trading at 93 times next year’s estimated earnings, seems hardly the stock to unite both short-term-focused hedge-fund managers and more long-term-oriented mutual-fund managers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
A Los Angeles County report estimated that 4,500 jobs would be lost in Los Angeles if the merger goes through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Nipsco said on Sunday it was restoring power to everyone as soon as possible, and estimated Gary would have its electricity restored by Wednesday.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
They estimated that between 1.5 million and 2 million of these listeners believed they were hearing actual news.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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Hoge spent a week holed up in a conference room with Moderna’s top chemical engineer, sketching designs and estimating the cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Traditionally, astronomers estimating the mass hidden in small, faint stars have assumed that stars formed in roughly similar proportions throughout the universe.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
“An offshore field with 15 to 20 wells might produce 150,000 barrels a day,” Robotti said, while estimating that an onshore well might produce “a thousand barrels a day if you are lucky.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 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
It’s a simple way of estimating how many friends and acquaintances you have.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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