overestimation

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Recent Examples of overestimation All four actors failed to achieve Actor Award recognition this year, signaling a possible overestimation of enthusiasm for this international Oscar contender. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026 The study found that the incorrect, older models led to a significant bias in criticality calculations, causing an artificial overestimation of the reactor’s effective neutron multiplication factor (keff). — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025 Even if that number is a vast overestimation, and the death toll from all nuclear accidents were a vast underestimation, splitting atoms in nuclear power stations is still one of the safest things that humanity does. — Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025 This was later updated to reflect a 598,000 overestimation in previous data. — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for overestimation
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Noun
  • Leaders who have not directly experienced the capability shift are likely to underestimate it, and the organization will inherit that underestimation in its plans.
    — Andrew Sorohan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Correcting the widespread underestimation of how much scientists and ordinary people actually want action may be one of the highest-leverage things a communicator can do.
    — Anandita Sabherwal, Time, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Indeed, in 2024 the ACIP formed a working group to begin a reassessment of the recommendations.
    — Mike Stobbe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Some frontrunners generated buzz after premieres at Venice, Telluride, and Toronto, while other earlier festival entries survived the stress test of a reassessment months after their debuts at Cannes or Sundance.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Diesel prices could remain elevated for a year, according to a new survey of oil and gas executives.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The household survey, which is used to calculate the jobless level, was considerably better than the establishment survey, which is used to derive the payrolls count.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Overestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimation. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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