overestimate
Example Sentences
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This is a far higher proportion than we would see if Wall Street analysts were equally likely to overestimate earnings as underestimate them.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Unfortunately, investors overestimate their chances of picking those winners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Armour's letter said that education was facing a gap of £250m, and he could not "overestimate the financial challenge we face in seeking to address our funding gap".
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
“Sometimes there’s an overestimate of voters’ desire to tax other people,” said the Tax Foundation’s Walczak.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026
But the curse of knowledge ensures that most writers will overestimate how standard a term has become and how wide the community is that has learned it.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
