estimate
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Club sources estimate overall revenue will fall by between 50% and 60%.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Some estimate the death toll is more than triple that number.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Consensus estimate is for a 2.1% seasonally adjusted annual growth rate, up from the BEA’s 2% advance estimate from late April.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
Many industry analysts estimate the U.S. is ahead by several months, claiming that the most powerful tools from Anthropic and ChatGPT maker OpenAI are better than models from China’s DeepSeek and others.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
“According to the government, there are approximately a quarter of a million children under the age of eighteen, but our estimate is closer to a tenth of that.”
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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