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estimate

[es-tuh-meyt, es-tuh-mit, -meyt] / ˈɛs təˌmeɪt, ˈɛs tə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt /




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Scientists estimate that impacts of this size create about 140 new craters across the Moon each year.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

The consensus estimate among analysts polled by FactSet is for Uber’s 2026 revenue to total $57.8 billion, up 55% from $37.3 billion in 2023.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

The Welsh government's latest estimate, external is that it would require between £250m and £500m of extra funding a year, depending on how many parents make use of the scheme.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Chemical analysis of one of Thomas’s fossilized teeth has provided the most precise estimate yet of T. rex’s body temperature.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

The cost of World War I in human lives is difficult to estimate with accuracy and is impossible to imagine.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Analyst Andrew Percoco estimates that Tesla’s Semi trucks could generate $17 billion worth of software revenue by 2040.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

A similar storm today would cause hundreds of billions in property damage, according to insurers’ estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

That smaller sample means certain demographic groups may be over- or under-covered, biasing the total estimates.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Osborne said the sport can be "very lonely" - she estimates she drives 65,000 miles a year, often alone - and she has suffered some serious falls, breaking numerous bones.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Ecologists have since employed more sophisticated theoretical tools to produce new, lower population estimates; ethologist Dale Lott put the number of bison in “primitive America” at twenty-four to twenty- seven million in 2002.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

To increase Meta’s earnings per share by roughly 20%, Oppenheimer estimated that the company would have to gather 115 million Muse subscribers paying $20 a month—about double the number of paying subscribers of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Brett Hammond, CEO of Timeline Auctions, estimated its value at between £15,000 and £20,000.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The Nusantara Atlas project put the figure at close to 300,000 hectares over the same period, and last week estimated that the total area affected, including August, was nearly 896,000 hectares.

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

The Mizuho analysts estimated that the U.S. trading-card market was close to $10 billion to $20 billion in size.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

The official history of the fair estimated that a quarter of a million people packed Jackson Park on Opening Day.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Even there, the population is small, with the most recent survey estimating just 140 mature individuals.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

AB 2222 would create the largest relief plan in the U.S. to date, with the state tax board estimating it would make more than $40 million available to the state’s newsrooms annually.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Flying a luxury car from the Gulf typically costs about £25,000 each way, or about $34,000, he said, estimating he’s probably transported about 10 from the Middle East in the past few months.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Asking not to be named in fear for the safety of relatives, they said mourning rituals were being held, estimating that at least 24 people had died.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

To be honest, I’m just estimating, because I didn’t think to count until about halfway through the lecture.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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