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External researchers estimate that Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8, released in May, has more than 1.5 trillion parameters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Even if you like the recommended lender and the loan estimate looks OK, there’s value in checking out the competition.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
She claimed a turnover of £252,000, again contradicting the £72,000 estimate she provided on her bank account application.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Judging from the amount of lithium detected in TOI-5882, the researchers estimate that the swallowed planet may have been somewhere between a couple of Earth masses and the mass of Neptune.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Is that all he thinks of me, his estimate of what I want to hear of him; will I enlarge this into a confidence making me worthy of great confidences?
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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Those estimates, however, were based on mutation rates taken from distantly related mammals such as humans and mice.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
At least one product on the market estimates the number and size of microplastic particles you carry, using an at-home blood and saliva test.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
By their 30s, a household’s essential wealth increases to the equivalent of 30% of the area’s median home price, plus emergency savings — roughly $120,000 in net worth, according to Aspen estimates of national data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Los Gatos-based company on Thursday narrowed its 2026 forecast to $51 billion to $51.4 billion from $50.7 billion to $51.7 billion, causing equity analysts to cut their estimates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
These figures are merely for illustration, but accurate estimates may be made for a wide range of dire possibilities.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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One in six women with endometriosis are estimated to leave the workplace due to the condition, which causes tissue similar to the lining of the womb to grow outside it.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
With a war chest estimated at $1.4 trillion, Tahnoon was seeking approval for the country’s AI champion, G42, to import state-of-the-art Nvidia chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Researchers estimated that this difference was comparable to about 1.6 additional years of aging.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
He estimated there was maybe a 4-foot wind chop and said smaller vessels out in the water fared fine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
It has been estimated that 95 percent of Pipeline stops yield no illegal drugs.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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
“These approaches create a gap. Insurers often rely on standardized estimating software built on regional averages, while contractors price work based on current labor availability, material shortages, permit requirements, and real construction conditions.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Because wood stores carbon for such long periods, understanding how much of the carbon captured through photosynthesis ultimately becomes woody biomass is critical for estimating how forests help slow climate change.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
This has helped to boost their greenhouse gas emissions, with a new study by Allianz Trade estimating the centres emitted 286 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
“They are estimating nine million at the last count,” my father said.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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