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
  • About 2,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with West Nile virus in a typical year, which the CDC said is an underestimation because only one in five individuals that get West Nile develop symptoms.
    Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
  • That's a significant underestimation of their missing investment.
    Dave Etling, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • In short, this reassessment will affect how households manage money day to day as well as understand their long-term financial security.
    Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • Amidst this reassessment, the team made a surprising move by releasing 26-year-old outfielder Je’Von Ward.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Decades in the making, Black Lions – Roman Wolves is a sweeping survey of Italy’s brutal colonial legacy in Ethiopia, told through a complex mix of archival footage and contemporary interviews with eyewitnesses.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2026
  • An Indeed survey of hybrid office workers in Germany found that two-thirds had taken deliberate steps to appear more productive or engaged.
    Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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

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