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estimation

[es-tuh-may-shuhn] / ˌɛs təˈmeɪ ʃən /


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Yes, in my personal estimation, making an entire batch of soup is easier than a dedicated vegetable-chopping session.

From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026

By her own estimation, Moran’s bottle-fed more than 300 animals over the last decade and a half.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

By her estimation, she wrote more than 3,000 songs—more than 1,000 of which were recorded and released.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

They would have to use "existing account information, facial age estimation, digital ID services and formal ID" to verify age.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

I could go back to the pile of blankets that passes for my bed and wait for morning to come, which by my estimation would be another few hours or so.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

These are the top 10 markets where home prices are most overvalued, according to estimations by Fitch:

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

City lawmakers proposed lengthy exemptions, which led to meager revenue estimations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The pair came away from the meeting with differing estimations on the progress toward guaranteeing a peace deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

Facial age estimations will be conducted by ID verification company Persona on the Roblox app, with images and video to be deleted "immediately" after processing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

Pure mathematics does indeed deal with certainties, but its applications are only as good as the underlying empirical assumptions, simplifications, and estimations that go into them.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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