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It seems Nvidia’s shares have held up because the increase in its forward earnings estimate has more than offset the decline in its P/E ratio.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
The researchers estimate that the candidate world is a gas giant roughly the size of Jupiter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fears about artificial-intelligence profits moderated as Wall Street analysts said a reduced revenue estimate from OpenAI could reflect technical accounting issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The three items were sold to a British private collector at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in the Cotswolds on Wednesday, fetching a hammer price of £5,000 - double the estimate.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The problem with that estimate, though, is that it isn’t very accurate.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Gridwise, an analytics platform used by hundreds of thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers, estimates that average gross pay nationwide was $24.38 an online hour in the second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Out of all the heating sources, however, it estimates that households using heating oil will be the hardest hit, paying about 50% more in heating costs than last winter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Newport Beach expected intense surf Friday, but the high tide turned out to be much worse than the estimates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
They are yet to be given a date for a court hearing but Campaner estimates the investigating stage would conclude by the end of the year, with a prospective court case starting next year.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Cautious estimates begin at eighteen million casualties, but the number may even be as high as forty-five million.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Ten months later, the shipmaker, Saronic Technologies, chose Brownsville, Texas, taking with it an estimated 10,000 jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
She had estimated that, based on her current earnings trajectory, she would repay her loan in 11 years.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The team also estimated how quickly the brown dwarf is losing material.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
But it’s more than just Greenland sharks at risk, with an estimated 79 million sharks dying in fisheries in 2019.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
It is estimated that a person who invested $5,000 in Netflix at its 2002 IPO would have about $30,000 by January 2010, about $200,000 by January 2015, and about $1.4 million by January 2020.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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"We're now estimating the size of the movement of Earth's mass center back and forth each year to be about half of what we believed it to be eight years ago," said Argus.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
That commentary suggests the risk to September jobs could be higher than what analysts are estimating.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
He points to research estimating the environmental impact of cellulosic microfibers as one to two orders of magnitude lower than that of synthetic fibers, largely because they degrade faster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
But relatives had some concerns about his weight, estimating the boy to be about 200 pounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
I used to enjoy estimating quantities, but not anymore.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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