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The Welsh government's latest estimate, external is that it would require between £250m and £500m of extra funding a year, depending on how many parents make use of the scheme.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Chemical analysis of one of Thomas’s fossilized teeth has provided the most precise estimate yet of T. rex’s body temperature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Scientists can estimate biological age by analyzing biomarkers, measurable features of the body that provide information about health and physiological function.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 16, 2026

The budget office’s estimate of $38 billion in war costs, which covers operations until Aug. 1, largely tracks with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s public testimony this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

A recent, much more conservative estimate is that it covers .1 to .3 percent of the basin, a few thousand square miles.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Osborne said the sport can be "very lonely" - she estimates she drives 65,000 miles a year, often alone - and she has suffered some serious falls, breaking numerous bones.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Nomura lowers its earnings-per-share estimates for the company by 8% this year and by 10% next year, citing the won’s 13% gain against the dollar since July, Hong says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

CVL was careful to specify that its estimates only reckoned “employment capacity at risk” and wasn’t “a forecast of layoffs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

If at some point, the market begins to view higher rates as a drag on economic growth, potentially leading to lower earnings estimates, the S&P 500 could face a rather large decline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Thus, more difficult than making statistical estimates is deciding how much confidence we should place in them.

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

Chief Financial Officer Saman Bravo-Karimi on Tuesday estimated that the steeper-than-expected enrollment decline has added a $60-million hurdle to this year’s budget problems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The Bank of England has estimated that a 10% increase in global oil price increases the UK inflation rate by 0.5% in the near-term and reduces UK GDP growth by about 0.4%.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

There were 58% more home sellers than buyers in the market in August, real-estate brokerage Redfin estimated, the largest gap since it began tracking the data in 2013.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

The EIA estimated U.S. crude oil production at 13.9 million barrels a day, practically unchanged from the previous week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The official history of the fair estimated that a quarter of a million people packed Jackson Park on Opening Day.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Even there, the population is small, with the most recent survey estimating just 140 mature individuals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

The state auditor recently released a report estimating that five of them need repairs that would cost $2.4 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Even meteorologists estimating cooling demand gains over the holiday weekend acknowledge cooler weather in the 11-15 day window, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Asking not to be named in fear for the safety of relatives, they said mourning rituals were being held, estimating that at least 24 people had died.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

As we walked, we concentrated on listening to our breathing, calculating the distance to the next landmark, and estimating the remaining time.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond