estimates
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Discovering new drugs and getting them to market can take a long time - more than 10 years, according to some estimates.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
William Blair reiterated an Outperform rating on the stock, which the firm estimates has 20% upside from here.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
But the stock’s forward price/earnings ratio has declined to 21.4 from 24.5 at the end of last year, because analysts’ rolling consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates have risen even more quickly.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
S&P Global Energy estimates onshore crude stocks are around 57% full, below the historical range for this time of year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
One scientist estimates that if you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons —an inconceivable number, given that an individual cell weighs almost nothing.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
![]()