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South Korea’s advance estimate of second-quarter growth, due Thursday, will likely show a softer but resilient print, with the economy recently seeing wild swings in its stock market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Americans, according to a recent survey, estimate they need $1.2 million to retire.

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

The work represents the first direct estimate of a mutation rate for koalas or for any member of the marsupial order Diprotodontia, which also includes wombats, kangaroos and possums.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

“I guess I could get some,” I say, trying to estimate how much leather shoes cost.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

“I keep doing it because I would be out of business otherwise,” said Günes, who estimates he makes 40% of his sales on Sundays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

This allowed them to build a phylogenetic tree, a model that maps relationships between species and estimates when different branches separated over time.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Over time, vegetation spreading beyond the domes could gradually add oxygen to the wider atmosphere, although the team estimates that natural oxygen production alone would require roughly a thousand years.

From Science Daily ● 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

But if you believe this system effectively controls crime, consider this: standard estimates of the amount of crime reduction that can be attributable to mass incarceration range from 3 to 25 percent.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The Cretaceous-Paleogene impactor measured an estimated 10 to 15 kilometers across, or about six miles wide.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Donna is one of an estimated 100,000 women in the UK who had the procedure to treat incontinence or prolapse.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Investors are focused on whether companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI can garner enough business to justify their estimated trillion-dollar valuations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

West Hollywood Mayor John Heilman estimated that somewhere between 150 and 200 cars were damaged or destroyed in the flood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Matthias estimated that it was probably underneath where the weather vane was situated.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

Researchers followed each strategy over a lifetime, estimating heart attacks, strokes, life expectancy, quality of life, and healthcare costs.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

But officials have avoided estimating the number of missing, though the UN has put that figure at as many as 50,000.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

I wasn’t sure how many there had been, and I thought that Gearhart was only estimating.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers