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verbminimize; rate too low

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This is also likely an underestimate of Filipino cases, since many speak English.

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To read the charts below, consider the 0% line as the actual traffic, and any number over 0% as an overestimate by the tool, and anything under as an underestimate.

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Instead, the country has seen at least 193,000 deaths, a figure that is probably an underestimate.

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The team noticed similar underestimates in models of the 2019 heat waves in Europe.

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States also vary in how and where they are performing tests, and some count only proven cases and not also presumptive ones, leading to significant underestimates of the death toll.

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Lawyers always underestimate the legal knowledge of an intelligent layman.

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"Do not underestimate my intelligence, I understand you," he laughed.

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It would however be a serious error to underestimate the value of the earlier work in plant histology.

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It is a pity that the critic is unable to contend with him on such a point without appearing to underestimate that work.

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These men represented the batting strength of Place, and Ken, though he did not in the least underestimate them, had no fear.

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