underestimate
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This is likely to be an underestimate with many victims not choosing to report.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
It’s perfectly reasonable for Claude to underestimate its own abilities and assume it can’t do certain things—because until recently, it couldn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 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
These meals often contain more fat, which the apps tended to underestimate consistently.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
“I’m not; I won’t. All I’m saying is, don’t underestimate them.”
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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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
That there are really only two options for communication vastly underestimates dogs’ communicative potential.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
In younger adults, focusing on short-term risk often underestimates the probability that they can get sick later in life.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
When Disney underestimates the popularity of a new movie, as it did with the first “Frozen,” it takes months to rush additional products onto store shelves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Sorry is the fool who ever underestimates my mother.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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The threat that rising temperatures fuelled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a US modelling study published Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Fong admitted she had "underestimated" the risk Cookie posed.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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
One factor that previous models may have underestimated is turbulence.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
I began to hope that I had underestimated the people of Mississippi.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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"That is why we are committed to progressing in a collaborative way, whilst not underestimating the considerable challenges ahead, and providing stability for all at the earliest opportunity."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
All of that leads him to believe that, even with the shares up about 36% year to date, investors are still underestimating the stock.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
After a few weeks my fevers became more pronounced, and my mother realized that because I am large and active for my age she’d been underestimating my dosage of quinine.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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