estimate
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The consensus estimate of peak sales of the drugs is around $4 billion a year combined.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Using a technique known as Approximate Bayesian Computation, the researchers worked backward from the fossil record to estimate how far organisms spread and how intensely they competed for resources.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
The trustees, however, included in their report an estimate of when the trust funds would be depleted if combined, in order to illustrate the actuarial status of the Social Security program as a whole.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Close to 2,000 homes and 6,000 public schools have been damaged by their estimate so far, he added.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Without consulting Burnham, Davis gave an estimate ten percent below the amount Burnham had calculated for President Baker, which Baker had then included in his own statement to investigators.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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