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Overestimating how long it would take for travel to scale back up, they offered older employees retirement packages and gave many workers temporary leaves of absence.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2022

Overestimating new medicines: On Monday, the parents of Charlie Gard announced they were giving up treating their 11-month-old child, who suffers from a rare and deadly gene mutation.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2017

Overestimating Charitable Donations: If you went to a party or received a set of DVDs in return for a contribution, you must subtract the value from your donation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2010

Overestimating the amount of old growth still standing, by underreporting clear-cuts or by counting mature second growth as primal forest, is convenient because it reduces the urgency of squawks from environmentalists.

From Time Magazine Archive