overestimations

noun

plural of overestimation
as in underestimations

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  1. surveys
  2. measurements
  3. calculations
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
  • That’s Trump’s approval rating in Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin polling average, amid a string of surveys in recent months showing his approval rating at record lows amid growing fatigue with the Iran war and its impact on the economy.
    — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of surveys
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  • That mission also gave engineers direct measurements of the lunar surface’s harsh thermal conditions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The team spent a full day taking measurements, photographs, color samples and references.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of measurements
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  • The next should be protecting the processes around the transaction, which can include settlement logic, approval flows, collateral rules, netting calculations or treasury automation.
    — Ravi Chamria, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Across the 10 seasons PSR was in operation from 2015-16 onwards, our calculations turned up 40 separate instances of SCR excesses.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of calculations
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