underestimate
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Or, perhaps, the astonishment should be at how easy it often has been to underestimate one so young.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Energy Information Administration and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, has a tendency to underestimate crude demand.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Infiniti: Something that I realized when I was probably about 13 or 14 is, I used to be very upset when people would underestimate me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
It is not uncommon for walkers to underestimate the terrain and the time involved or become over-reliant on electronic navigation.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“She’s pretty amazing—she has four older brothers she plays with all the time. I wouldn’t underestimate her!”
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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Yass said fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos, if anything, underestimates his contribution to the U.S. economy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
That there are really only two options for communication vastly underestimates dogs’ communicative potential.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
“We believe the Street still underestimates the sustainability of margin recovery,” Tarlowe writes, adding $3 to his price target, to $245, and reiterating a Buy rating.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Bivens said, if anything, looking at strictly the tariffs collected underestimates the increased prices paid by consumers.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026
Arguably, Mauer underestimates the scope of the challenge by focusing narrowly on the prison system, rather than counting all of the people employed in the criminal justice bureaucracy.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Analysts had anticipated a win for Farage but underestimated the appeal of the self-styled "intergalactic space warrior" from planet Sigma IX, who campaigns wearing a rubbish bin on his head.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
But from being underestimated, I remember my dad being like, “You have to get comfortable with ‘no.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
One factor that previous models may have underestimated is turbulence.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
A senior Labour figure told me: "She'd underestimated the desire for radical change, and lacked political nous on key decisions like winter fuel."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
We had underestimated Inkatha’s strength in KwaZulu, and they had demonstrated it on election day.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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"That is why we are committed to progressing in a collaborative way, whilst not underestimating the considerable challenges ahead, and providing stability for all at the earliest opportunity."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Imagine “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” with automatic weapons, or “The Honeymooners” with an actual moon shot, and you’ll still be underestimating the domestic rancor of the horror-comedy “Over Your Dead Body.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
That’s even as investors may be underestimating the potential of recently inked customer agreements, because of the way these deals were structured in the past.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Harrison admitted to underestimating the backlash from fans but defended the trade, initially saying he had “no regrets.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
I wanted to show her that underestimating me was a mistake.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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