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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

As Amara’s Law says, we overestimate a technology’s short-term impact and underestimate its long-term effects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 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

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

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

Whatever the full explanation, the current focus on shoplifting is part of a broader trend: The public often overestimates crime.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023

Although it is commonly believed that such a reader overestimates the weight of works of fiction, the opposite is true––he underestimates it.

From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Clayton Meeker Hamilton

The EU said AliExpress' "overestimated the effectiveness of its system in detecting and removing illegal products".

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Another study found that people overestimated how restrictive others were in relation to gender norms such as mothers returning to work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

He has admitted he overestimated how well his players would deal with the pressure of the Ashes, yet has to marry that with his determination to remove pressure from the dressing room.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

The practice upended hotels’ planning by prompting them to increase staff and begin World Cup-themed renovations, preparing for crowds that may have been overestimated from the outset.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

And the sloth’s slightly better sense of smell should not be overestimated.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

That is one reason investors may be overestimating how hawkish Warsh will be on rates.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

There's a risk of people overestimating a robot's capabilities, he says.

From BBC ● May 28, 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

"We may be overestimating microplastics, but there should be none," said McNeil, senior author of the study and U-M professor of chemistry, macromolecular science and engineering, and the Program in the Environment.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 29, 2026

It was flattering, but Shady was highly overestimating my circle of friends.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool