estimates
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For years, researchers struggled with a frustrating mismatch between observed sea level rise and the combined estimates from its known causes.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Bloomberg Economics estimates that a conflict over the strait could erase $10.6 trillion from the global economy, or 10% of global gross domestic product.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Discovering new drugs and getting them to market can take a long time - more than 10 years, according to some estimates.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
But the stock’s forward price/earnings ratio has declined to 21.4 from 24.5 at the end of last year, because analysts’ rolling consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates have risen even more quickly.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
There’s no reliable statistic documenting how many people embraced the game as a result of the publicity surrounding the Fischer–Spassky match, but some estimates put the number in the millions.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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