underestimate
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"I think that sometimes we forget to breathe, like really intentionally breathe, and we underestimate the powers that it might bring to our body and mind."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
MarketWatch spoke to a variety of experts, from contractors to economists, to identify some of the most common hidden costs of owning a home that new homeowners can miss or underestimate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Artem Abramov, deputy head of analysis at Rystad Energy, suspects that the Alpines underestimate how AI could accelerate the improvement of low-carbon technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Infiniti: Something that I realized when I was probably about 13 or 14 is, I used to be very upset when people would underestimate me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
When the meeting adjourned, Mott hugged Bush and thanked her for taking the lead, and Stanton realized she had been wrong to underestimate the female leadership.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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Although this condition is linked to a wide variety of negative health effects, the public chronically underestimates its seriousness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Yass said fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos, if anything, underestimates his contribution to the U.S. economy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
That there are really only two options for communication vastly underestimates dogs’ communicative potential.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
They argued to CMS that the rates were based on underestimates of healthcare spending trends, and that the recalibration distorted the payment setups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Arguably, Mauer underestimates the scope of the challenge by focusing narrowly on the prison system, rather than counting all of the people employed in the criminal justice bureaucracy.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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But perhaps Hrgovic had been underestimated by almost everybody - Itauma, the media, pundits, former fighters and bookmakers who installed the Briton as a heavy favourite.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Papatiti fears that the death toll is being underestimated and that the affliction may also be affecting elephants in neighbouring Tanzania.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
But from being underestimated, I remember my dad being like, “You have to get comfortable with ‘no.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The apps also underestimated fat by approximately 30 grams.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
I’d supported, even instigated, the college talk, but I’d underestimated just how problematic getting him into college would be.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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Post believes that Wall Street is underestimating the social-media giant’s ability to monetize its AI assets, including frontier models and custom chips.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Musk pushed back against sceptics on an earnings call: "I think people are really underestimating Starlink".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“The market is underestimating the breadth of XPeng’s AI ambitions but could be overestimating how quickly this can translate into earnings,” Hsiao said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Harrison admitted to underestimating the backlash from fans but defended the trade, initially saying he had “no regrets.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Charlie and his partners had done this often enough, and had had enough success, to know that the markets were predisposed to underestimating the likelihood of dramatic change.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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