underestimate
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The prices of public securities reflect the known demand for existing AI services but underestimate the potential for what the AI labs are trying to build.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
We shouldn’t underestimate the resolve or the ingenuity of a regime that has been fending off U.S. pressure since Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
What do audiences underestimate or misunderstand about what it takes to make a comedy?
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
“Many families underestimate how emotionally and financially demanding caregiving can become because they often view caring for parents primarily as an act of love,” Nguyen said.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
This was unfortunate not only because Ptolemaeus’s system was wrong, but because it seemed to endorse a measurement of the earth’s circumference of 18,000 miles—a significant underestimate.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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