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On busy nights, I’d estimate the wait, scribble down a last name, party size and pager number in black pen, then hand over a pleasantly hefty plastic puck.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

KeyBanc analyst Jason Celino anticipates “quite a large estimate revision” when the company reports on Oct.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

If astronomers can estimate when a black hole's feeding rate will approach the critical threshold, they may be able to predict when a delayed jet is likely to appear.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Business and consumer services and software account for half of defaults, likely due to their large representation in the broader credit estimate and leveraged finance universe, says Moody’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Using the same calculation but plugging in the best modern estimate of the size of the Earth’s orbit, Rømer’s own observations give the speed of light as 298,000 kilometres per second.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

The Prigozhin family business, including both legitimate and criminal enterprises, generates more than $400 million a year, according to estimates by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, a Geneva-based think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

That marks an increase of 156,000 people from the end of last year, and accounts for roughly 3.5 percent of Japan's total population, according to calculations based on government estimates.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

It estimates that AI media companies with $2 billion in backing have converged on the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Their measurements provided some of the first estimates of the upper size limits for North American crayfish, and the results suggested that these animals may face a surprisingly consistent growth ceiling.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The estimates provide a good example of how numerical horse sense can check pseudoscientific ravings.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Kim's much smaller, 29-metre Princess yacht was previously estimated to be worth about $7m.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The company estimated that demand for single-family rentals rose nearly 22% in September from the previous year, and 10% for multifamily or apartment rentals.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

Beyond staff shortages, teachers and pupils must also contend with crumbling school buildings, which a 2023 Senate report estimated would require billions of euros to renovate and adapt to a changing climate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

BAE declined to provide further information on the incident and an estimated recovery time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Two months, we estimated, was as long as we could go without a paycheck coming in.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

All of this is why James is estimating the tally to restore the carousel will top $3 million or $4 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Exports, led by technology hardware makers, likely remained robust in September, with economists estimating growth of 40% to 59.7% from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

That finding challenges the usual way scientists interpret thermal stress and provides a new approach for estimating total heat exposure across coastal ecosystems.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

That commentary suggests the risk to September jobs could be higher than what analysts are estimating.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

She looks at me sideways, as if estimating how far, how much farther I’ll go in what we both know, surely, is base treachery.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood