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At a generous estimate, BP Pulse Arena was half-full when the fighters made their ring walks for the main event.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
"The cuttlefish population estimate rebounded to more than 100,000 just two years following the low numbers in 2013," the spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The researchers caution that the current study does not estimate the effects of repeated or cumulative vanillin exposure over days, weeks, months, or years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Typically, the final revision shows a somewhat higher level of jobs than the preliminary estimate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I thought he could have given me a decent estimate if he had wanted to.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
It is the Brazilian city hardest hit by the new levies, according to Simespi, a local industry group, which estimates the tariffs have affected 40 to 50 local companies that employ around 10,000 people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The researchers then compared these genetic risk estimates with different characteristics of each participant's sleep.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
Applied across the whole water network of England and Wales he boldly estimates it could reduce leakage "by as much as a billion litres a day".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Nvidia estimates its cloud-industry backlog is now above $2 trillion.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
By rough estimates, it had cost the town approximately two and a half to three dollars a week for over two years just to ticket Onofre Martinez.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Parton once estimated that she composed or collaborated on more than 3000 tunes in her lifetime, recording some 450 of them.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Last year, Forbes valued Parton’s catalog at $120 million and estimated that her total worth was $450 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The University of Southampton-led team says it found a key problem in the way the earlier study estimated the ages of the exploding stars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
An estimated 10,000 baby boomers retire every day, according to the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
In today’s market, the estimated auction price for the original score sheet is $100,000.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Campaigners say the French ban has done little to stop people taking home tests, with the advocacy group DNA Pass estimating that well over a million French people have taken one.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
But this is potentially the largest relief plan to date, with the state tax board estimating it would make more than $40 million available to newsrooms annually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Hoge spent a week holed up in a conference room with Moderna’s top chemical engineer, sketching designs and estimating the cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The team also used generalized estimating equation models to examine how cardiovascular factors were related to changes in cognition.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
It was the equivalent of pulling a frantic all-nighter to get a paper done in college, only Barack was estimating it would take him roughly a couple of months to get the book finished.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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