overestimate
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It’s impossible to overestimate the depth and singularity of influence that Roach, who died in 2007 at 83 years old, exerted on jazz, and on American culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
"Part of the problem is we overestimate how much finances work," says Carney.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Wall Street analysts typically overestimate actual earnings by two to 3 percentage points a year, on average, according to DataTrek research.
From Barron's ● May 8, 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
“You overestimate my abilities, but only slightly. And you didn’t answer my question.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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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
Unfortunately, the price action overestimates near-term profit possibility, Reese explained while cutting the stock to Underperform from Neutral.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
It's tremendous knockabout stuff, but it rather overestimates the scale of the challenge Scotland have faced when playing against England in the Townsend era.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Yet the American public consistently overestimates the level of crime, believing it to be at historic highs that constitute an epidemic.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025
It seems to me that the American himself constantly overestimates the influence on his national character of the immigration of the past.
From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson
Systolic pressure was overestimated by 6.5 mmHg, while diastolic pressure was overestimated by 4.4 mmHg.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
But the strategists hold that these worries are overestimated.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Another study found that people overestimated how restrictive others were in relation to gender norms such as mothers returning to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
High-rise buildings like those in Ancoats, which suffered huge deprivation after the war, are clear evidence of Manchester's redevelopment but Swinney says its economic "growth miracle" has been overestimated by official statistics.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“I have worked long to build bridges between ourselves and the spinners. I thought perhaps they would be more agreeable, but I overestimated my influence with them.”
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
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But poultry companies ended up hatching too many chicks and overestimating demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
That is one reason investors may be overestimating how hawkish Warsh will be on rates.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
There's a risk of people overestimating a robot's capabilities, he says.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
"We may be overestimating microplastics, but there should be none," said McNeil, senior author of the study and U-M professor of chemistry, macromolecular science and engineering, and the Program in the Environment.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
My father has a bad habit of overestimating his charm—and also my mother’s patience.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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