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estimated

verb

past tense of estimate

as in assessed

to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding experts estimated the value of the painting at a million dollars

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as in calculated

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement we estimated the snowfall to be about a foot

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Recent Examples of estimated To date, it is estimated that some 400,000 people have already succumbed to starvation because of the drought and the fighting. — Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026 Anywhere from 100,000 to more than 200,000 people were estimated in attendance at the Sikh parade the past two previous years. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The federal government estimated there would be 17,000 disputes annually. — Lindsey Murtagh, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026 The cyclists cross the state, generating an economic impact estimated at $25 million. — Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2026 To build something more permanent, would be expensive — about $650,000, the library estimated. — Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 Craig estimated that the business, a nonunion shop, employs about 100 people now and will likely reach 200 workers in coming months. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 It’s estimated an additional $37 billion will flow to the philanthropy sector annually. — Melissa Stevens, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 PepsiCo is estimated to lose $500 million in sales from Yum Brands -owned KFC switching to Coca-Cola, according to Bank of America. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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The test also assessed the missile’s ability to strike targets vertically, as Pyongyang continues to expand its range of weapons systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
On the money laundering front, the SNRA identifies the secondary art market as particularly exposed to criminal exploitation, with the threat level also assessed as moderate (level 2).

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

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She’s figured centrally in the government’s efforts to find and prosecute noncitizen voters.

— Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026
At the beginning of Fatherland, no one—not even the aged Mann, played here in a quietly extraordinary performance by Hanns Zischler—has figured that out.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of figured

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Wood anyone have guessed that Colin Jost and Michael Che are Swifties?

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Monahan did more digging and found out there were three adult brothers living in Boston who could have owned the canns, and DeAngelis guessed that they were made before Henry Vassall’s death in 1769.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of guessed

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In her remarks, Wintour made the evening’s only direct reference to the midterms, reminiscing about attending a fundraising event for James Talarico, who successfully flipped Texas in the race for the Senate last night, alongside Burch.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026
Black asserts that the statements made by Garcia are false and that traveling to appear on national television to make such statements about the inquiry into Epstein’s crimes goes beyond the purview of a member of Congress.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026

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