How to Use estimation in a Sentence

estimation

noun

• This is not, in my estimation, an efficient use of our resources.
• She went down in her supporters' estimation after she voted against the plan.
• Planning the project requires careful cost estimation.
• The same goes for your estimation of her show in the first place.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 29 May 2018
• The Utes are the team to beat in the fall, in our estimation.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
• There is not yet an estimation of how much money will be paid out.
  — Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
• By contrast, his team still has a ways to go in his estimation.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• Those are the clear cut top teams in the estimation of league coaches.
  — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2018
• In my estimation, the show has gone off the rails this past season.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• And that, by his own estimation, is what he was employed to do.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2018
• One thing that was missing was a new estimation of costs.
  — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
• But those maps are just rough, artistic estimations of what the seafloor looks like.
  — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017
• And my estimation is that the swish rate on his non-3-jumpers is even higher.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
• So pardon the pun here, but in your estimation, the jury is still out.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 7 May 2024
• Lloyd, in his estimation, would be able to do the job well and free from influence.
  — James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 16 Sep. 2020
• In sum, Marie did not act the way a rape victim, in their estimation, should.
  — Claudia Rowe, The Seattle Times, 3 Feb. 2018
• There were, in the estimation of one of her coaches, two factors.
  — Barry Svrluga, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• What is the next year, the next 18 months going to look like in your estimation?
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 4 Apr. 2020
• Doyle’s estimation takes in the stretches that pass through the towns hit the hardest along the trail.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
• This is a wake-up call kind of game for the Cardinals in my estimation.
  — Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
• The venue is, in my estimation, one of the most beautiful places in the city to host a party.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 25 June 2015
• In my estimation, both are absent in Comey’s case.
  — Wayne Unger, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
• Again, these are rough estimations.
  — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 25 Feb. 2026
• Not in the estimation of the chef, who aims to do something for everyone.
  — Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
• Well, at least that’s Noel’s estimation.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
• Anywhere from 1 to 3 days is a good estimation of when the funds will be in your account.
  — Allen Foster, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2020
• Tarasenko gladly did it, four times by Yurov’s estimation.
  — Joe Smith, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• Well, the sheriff charges him, not a serious enough charge in my estimation, but he still was charged.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 June 2026
• By most estimations, the Wailin' Jennys were at the top of their game.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2018
• The last chapter of Lee’s life was, by any estimation, a tragic one.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2021