estimations

plural of estimation
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Recent Examples of estimations This is encouraging — trustworthy system should be able to pump the breaks and realize when data inputs are too unreliable to make accurate estimations. — Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026 Newsom and the analysts sometimes differ in their estimations. — CBS News, 30 June 2026 And yet he’s built a collection that, by some estimations, ranks among the top in the country, homing in on grade-A examples of American masters—Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, and with a particular focus on Basquiat. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026 Artemis 3 is scheduled for late 2027, according to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who based the timetable on Blue Origin's and SpaceX's estimations of the earliest completion for their respective landers. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 May 2026 By International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol’s estimations, Europe has about three weeks of jet fuel remaining. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026 CarEdge offers tools for buying cars, such as invoice pricing and dealer quotes, buying guides, value ratings, insurance estimations and more. — Danny Smith, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 The rollout, however, was quickly met with user complaints of inaccurate age estimations and workarounds found by users hoping to trick the system. — Angela Yang, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026 City lawmakers proposed lengthy exemptions, which led to meager revenue estimations. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for estimations
Noun
  • State agencies, including the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, have helped local officials with damage assessments and power restoration, among other tasks.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Montalvo also advised residents to stay away from the sea and rivers while emergency officials continued their assessments.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • By some estimates, close to $1 trillion goes toward administration alone.
    — Bill Miller, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Shomari Figures, the Democratic congressman targeted in Alabama, is, by some estimates, still competitive in his new seat.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Today chaos gives bad people the opportunity to advance their own nefarious agendas with little regards for the American people.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The plaintiffs argued the ballot language was misleading in several regards.
    — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The company’s responsibilities have included negotiating acquisitions, structuring deals, ensuring project appraisals are completed and collaborating with the state agency that Bell leads.
    — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The shop also provides research and appraisals of instruments.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Co-author Kaitlyn Becker, an MIT mechanical engineering assistant professor, said the technology could help therapists compare patient evaluations over time.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But on key predictors of vote choice, especially presidential approval and economic evaluations, the opinions of independents appear to be closer to those of Democrats than to Republicans.
    — Julio Borquez, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • As some national lands face uncertainty, five Post Opinions writers share appreciations of their favorites.
    — Washington Post Opinions, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Played on the show by Sarah Pidgeon, audiences on TikTok have gone into a frenzy with appreciations and tutorials showing how to style Besette staples like a white shirt, pencil skirt, and headband.
    — Valentina Bottoni, Vanity Fair, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Trump, always sensitive to perceptions about popularity, has since resorted to misleading people about how well those speeches performed.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The central bank's monthly Survey of Consumer Expectations found that consumers expect inflation to be even higher a year from now, while perceptions about their own financial standing deteriorated.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Families mourn at the festival site Hundreds of people paid their respects to the more than 350 people killed in and around the festival site.
    — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Friends, including Muslims, and relatives gathered at the Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City to pay their respects during the funeral of the Christian mother and daughter.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

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“Estimations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estimations. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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