as in overestimation
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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 -
Additionally, cognitive biases, such as the desire for immediate gratification and overestimation of the value of trendy or popular items, play a significant role.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Upon re-inspection, the inspector saw gnaw marks on the plastic container and on three packages of almonds inside.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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The flights through the once Category 5 storm have been particularly hairy, with one of the NOAA aircraft having to return to its base for a safety inspection after exceeding its g-force limits from the turbulence.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Sherrill’s Narrow Lead Holds Across Most Polls Across 10 surveys conducted from late September to mid-October, Sherrill’s lead ranges from one to eight points, underscoring a competitive contest.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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But the anti-Mamdani vote is divided between Cuomo and Sliwa, who trails the former governor in available surveys.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Relationship ideals may come up for reassessment.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Some of that critical reassessment has been provided, quite eloquently, by Vulture’s own Angelica Jade Bastién, who has argued for Reeves’s greatness as an action star and his importance to The Matrix (and 21st-century blockbusters in general).—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
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Controls, for example, need to be continuously monitored so that audit readiness becomes more a state of being, and not a last minute sprint.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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An audit is required annually by every city; however, an in-depth forensic audit should be performed to account for all dollars spent in order to provide complete transparency to our citizens.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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The alternative story of Helen’s Egyptian detour invites a more critical examination of the relationship between war and story by highlighting the degree to which humans have been conditioned by a narrative that presents war as the ultimate stage for personal and national glory.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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The femur bone was taken to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for examination.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Careful measurement of these differences might still allow scientists to distinguish between the two scenarios.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The measurements identified 13 elements from this doomed object, including aluminum, carbon, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, nickel, silicon, sodium, strontium and titanium, in mostly Earth-like abundances.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Overevaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overevaluation. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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