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The consensus estimate among analysts polled by FactSet is for Uber’s 2026 revenue to total $57.8 billion, up 55% from $37.3 billion in 2023.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
That could now rise to 15.5 million barrels a day, they estimate, if governments deliver plans under discussion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
As a way to get a rough estimate, however, the capture-recapture method is effective, and of more generality than the fish example might suggest.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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The passenger’s full route can be found here, though officials noted the departure and arrival times are estimates, as they reflect train and bus schedules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Earlier this week, the Pentagon told Congress that the cost of the war has climbed to $42 billion, a bit over the most recent estimates of $38 billion from the Congressional Budget Office.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Under their most optimistic assumptions, the group estimates the iconic NBA franchise could eventually be worth up to $62 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Meanwhile, the Truist team observes that tech’s forward earnings growth remains by far the strongest in the market, with estimates rising approximately 20% over just the past three months.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
He was sixty-eight and a widower twice over; she was in her twenties—no one knew exactly where in her twenties, but estimates put her between twenty-one and twenty-seven years old.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Home-builders estimate that the cost of delivering a new property, external has risen by an estimated average of £76,000 per home, equivalent to more than 20% of the average new home value of £365,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Over 90% of Chinese steel mills are estimated to be unprofitable, with market conditions appearing worse than the steel-market downturns of 2008, 2015 and 2018, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But they estimated those trends represented a roughly 8% drop from the same period in 2023, after adjusting for a password-sharing crackdown and geographical mix.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 12 months, she estimated, he’d lost two-thirds of his body weight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
But Mayor Nagin estimated that the final number might climb as high as ten thousand.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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Even there, the population is small, with the most recent survey estimating just 140 mature individuals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Anthropic safety executive Evan Hubinger chimed in on X, estimating the risk at more than 10 percent over the next decade.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 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
AB 2222 would create the largest relief plan in the U.S. to date, with the state tax board estimating it would make more than $40 million available to the state’s newsrooms annually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
He would later give an interview to a local paper, estimating that during the six or so months he campaigned for Congress, he spent less than four full days at home with me and Malia.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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