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
  • But without explicit reassessment, gradual deployment can also create dependency before leaders recognize that the decision context has changed.
    Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The county's last full countywide reassessment took place in 2012.
    Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Most of the people who sell their plasma tend to be under 35, unemployed, without a college degree, Black and male, according to a 2021 study based on two proprietary national surveys conducted between 2018 and 2021.
    CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Going forward, many businesses are still looking for qualified workers, based on responses to an employer survey by CBIA.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

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“Overestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimation. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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