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Total revenue rose by $3.97 billion, 24%, to $20.54 billion, beating the average analyst estimate compiled by FactSet of $19.68 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

For the current third quarter, Marriott forecasts adjusted earnings of $2.74 a share to $2.82 a share, which would be below analysts’ estimate of $2.86 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Resolving that uncertainty is important because scientists need to know where the carbon ultimately ends up to estimate how thawing permafrost could affect the climate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

At least 72 people died during the recent mass influx of migrants into Spain's Ceuta enclave from Morocco, Spanish officials said on Sunday, though Moroccan officials later presented a lower estimate.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

Still, a rough estimate of the time of death can be made, and the Shouns determined that Anna had been deceased between five and seven days.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Oxford estimates car sales will taper off soon and fall short of the 16 million mark in 2026, compared with 16.2 million new vehicles sold in 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Brand New Day” has now earned $407 million in the U.S. and Canada, with an additional $645.8 million in international box office receipts for a global total of $1.05 billion, according to studio estimates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Newly released quarterly financing estimates show the Treasury expects to borrow $739 billion in privately-held net marketable debt in July-September, $68 billion higher than announced in May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Same-store sales overall rose 1.3%, in line with estimates.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Tinibossol estimates a population of not over 100 million on the Three Continents, and considers it to have been stable for at least a millennium.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

That means an estimated net total of only around 500 new prison places were added over 14 years.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

About 60% of Taiwan is still covered by forest, with an estimated 950 million trees growing across the island.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The estimated number of arrests is around 2,000, he said, but many of them were for reasons that weren’t explicitly political.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Two years after Garber became commissioner, he helped save the league from bankruptcy and he’ll leave with the combined value of the league’s 30 teams estimated at $23 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Harry estimated that their owners were fewer than twenty feet away, but the cascading river made it impossible to tell for sure.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Wagh claimed a turnover of £206,000, despite estimating on her bank account application that the company's turnover for the next year would be just £82,000.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were estimating that producer prices held steady last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“These approaches create a gap. Insurers often rely on standardized estimating software built on regional averages, while contractors price work based on current labor availability, material shortages, permit requirements, and real construction conditions.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026

Gravitational waves allow us to measure this by estimating how far away merging objects are, either directly from the signal itself or by identifying the galaxy where the merger took place.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

To be honest, I’m just estimating, because I didn’t think to count until about halfway through the lecture.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith