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The analysts expect the South Korean flag carrier’s operating profit to jump 56% year-over-year to 1.731 trillion won this year, compared with a market consensus estimate of 866.60 billion won.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
And industrial production rose 5.3 percent last month, topping a Bloomberg estimate of 4.6 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The banking giant said its quarterly revenue rose to $31.6 billion, a 15% year-on-year increase, representing a beat of just over 2.5% compared with the consensus estimate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
These tools estimate biological age by measuring DNA methylation, a pattern of chemical tags that influences how genes are switched on or off without changing the DNA sequence itself.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Then, Herbert, estimate; estimate it in round numbers, and put it down.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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Confidence estimates are also lower for underdeveloped parts of the world, where a lack of consistent, long-term records limits attribution science's reach.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
He emphasized the importance of identifying stocks of companies that are priced below the Diamond Hill team’s estimates of intrinsic value.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Cook estimates that headline inflation this year will be about one percentage point higher than what was anticipated a year ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Those estimates will get updated based on Wednesday’s report later this morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Only a month earlier, Lawrence had given him preliminary estimates of $750,000 for construction and another $250,000 for operating costs over a ten-year period.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Investigative site Atlatszo estimated the total at around 120 billion to 130 billion forints.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
A House of Lords briefing has estimated, external that by July 2029, 301 life peers would be aged over 80.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
An estimated 7.4 million people aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s, the Alzheimer’s Association said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
That’s well below estimated turnover of some 310 units, meaning Ryman’s resale inventory continues to build, says analyst Will Twiss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
An estimated 620,000 to 750,000 of them died.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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Analysts surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were estimating that producer prices held steady last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Ofcom has set out a number of ways websites can verify the age of users, including through credit card checks, photo ID matching and estimating age using a selfie.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
A Fourth of July cookout will cost 9.4% more than last year, with the American Farm Bureau Federation estimating it costs $73.82 to feed 10.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
At 0330 in the morning he departed from Key West estimating his arrival in Ravenel at 0520.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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