overestimate
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However, don’t overestimate the value of these credentials, according to job-market experts.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
"Part of the problem is we overestimate how much finances work," says Carney.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Confirming the upcoming meeting between Araghchi and Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "The importance of this conversation is hard to overestimate given how the situation around Iran and in the Middle East is developing."
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
"If you are contacting a sample with a gloved hand, you're likely imparting these stearates that could overestimate your results."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026
The curse of knowledge means that we’re more likely to overestimate the average reader’s familiarity with our little world than to underestimate it.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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NBCUniversal executive Mark Marshall publicly criticized Nielsen, saying it overestimates streaming viewership at the expense of traditional media companies’ valuations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
While a partnership with one of the foremost AI developers would be “a vital long-term strategic move against AI search cannibalization,” the price action Thursday overestimates near-term accretion, Reese asserted.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
It's tremendous knockabout stuff, but it rather overestimates the scale of the challenge Scotland have faced when playing against England in the Townsend era.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
The high demand surged global lithium production, but in recent months prices have significantly dipped due to a short-term oversupply in the metal and overestimates in electric vehicle purchases.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
McClellan, as we well know, is always overcautious and overestimates our numbers, but public opinion in the North will force him to action.
From The Star of Gettysburg A Story of Southern High Tide by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
The EU said AliExpress' "overestimated the effectiveness of its system in detecting and removing illegal products".
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
High-rise buildings like those in Ancoats, which suffered huge deprivation after the war, are clear evidence of Manchester's redevelopment but Swinney says its economic "growth miracle" has been overestimated by official statistics.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The wearables correctly identified REM cycles, but overestimated deep sleep—the hardest stage to identify without brain-wave readings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
It’s yet another indication that the allure of AI-created content for paying customers has been vastly overestimated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
But he overestimated how long that would last.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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He believes the market is overestimating the adverse impact of AI-based design rivals and notes user interest in Adobe’s own AI features.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
What is certain is that this will take much more time than Musk imagines, even if he isn’t overestimating his ultimate needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
At the time, he estimated that federal employment data could be overestimating the number of jobs created by as much as 60,000 positions each month.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
That mutual awareness may provide some reassurance, but it could also create dangerous misperceptions, with each side potentially overestimating its leverage or misreading the opponent's intentions.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
It was flattering, but Shady was highly overestimating my circle of friends.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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