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Recent Examples of overestimation
Most tech companies have been reluctant to disclose much proprietary information at the most granular, energy-per-query level, which can lead to gross overestimations when multiplied across billions of queries.
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 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
The possible overestimation could be due to a change in the direction of the tsunami’s energy.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 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
The possible overestimation could be due to a change in the direction of the tsunami’s energy.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overestimation
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As the only female taxi driver working her corner of Nigeria’s heaving metropolis, Lady is accustomed to underestimation by a callous patriarchy, and staunchly resists the gender normatives implied by her name.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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The company has become established within the fintech community, with a trajectory defined not by underestimation, but by vision and execution.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Nov. 2025
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This necessitates a reassessment of the stock's valuation to determine whether this represents an opportunity or a pitfall.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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That reassessment has coincided with some extraordinary price moves.—
Sharon Wu,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, analyzed survey and biometric data from more than 320,000 British adults aged 39 to 74.—
Dr. Joseph Wendt,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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But one survey published in 2024 found that, on average, more than 60% of men from the US and six other countries were open to trying a new male contraceptive method in the first year of availability.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Overestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimation. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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