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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

"If you are contacting a sample with a gloved hand, you're likely imparting these stearates that could overestimate your results."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026

We always overestimate the speed at which these transitions disrupt existing industries.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

One factor persuading Hartnett to run his long bond call for now is that he believes economists got inflation wrong last year, and he thinks they’ll overestimate it again this year.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026

The curse of knowledge means that we’re more likely to overestimate the average reader’s familiarity with our little world than to underestimate it.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

For any shot, everyone overestimates the likelihood of it going in.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024

The high demand surged global lithium production, but in recent months prices have significantly dipped due to a short-term oversupply in the metal and overestimates in electric vehicle purchases.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

Lossing, in his "Field Book of the War of 1812," not only greatly overestimates the British loss, but speaks as if this was a serious attack, which it was not.

From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Roosevelt, Theodore

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

After recalibrating the data, the team found that emissions from land had been significantly overestimated in earlier models, but even after correction, land remained the dominant source.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026

It’s yet another indication that the allure of AI-created content for paying customers has been vastly overestimated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

They overestimated its size by a factor of six and gave it frightening claws, which in fact came from a Megalonyx, or giant ground sloth, found nearby.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

That is one reason investors may be overestimating how hawkish Warsh will be on rates.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Filosa said at the time of the announcement that the write-downs “largely reflect the cost of overestimating the pace of the energy transition that distanced us from many car buyers’ real-world needs, means and desires.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

At the time, he estimated that federal employment data could be overestimating the number of jobs created by as much as 60,000 positions each month.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

"You believe that other people are overestimating your abilities and intelligence, and you fear that one day you'll be exposed as incompetent and undeserving of your success."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

My father has a bad habit of overestimating his charm—and also my mother’s patience.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen