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Recent Examples of underestimation
For Smith-Njigba, underestimation precedes dominance.
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Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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
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
These numbers are likely an underestimation, though.
—Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
There are a couple of reasons to think that this is an underestimation of the impact, as well.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Limitations The study was limited by a number of factors, including its short duration, the inclusion of relatively healthy and mostly White participants, and the possible underestimation of effects in individuals with higher baseline inflammation.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
For policymakers and investors alike, ignoring these signs risks the underestimation of broader economic fragility.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Too much underestimation of Jensen Huang and his relationship with the president.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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
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
These numbers are likely an underestimation, though.
—Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
There are a couple of reasons to think that this is an underestimation of the impact, as well.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Limitations The study was limited by a number of factors, including its short duration, the inclusion of relatively healthy and mostly White participants, and the possible underestimation of effects in individuals with higher baseline inflammation.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
For policymakers and investors alike, ignoring these signs risks the underestimation of broader economic fragility.
—Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Too much underestimation of Jensen Huang and his relationship with the president.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underestimation
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In addition to the raw numbers, the county calculated deaths per 100,000 using an average of the 2024 and 2025 estimates from the annual point-in-time count conducted by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Based on those figures, a facility holding up to 10,000 detainees could cost hundreds of millions of dollars annually to operate, according to estimates shared at the event.—
CBS News Atlanta Staff,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Wednesday marks the third week of the team’s approximate three-week re-evaluation timeline for Franz Wagner, who continues to manage a left high ankle sprain that’s kept him off the court for a total 34 games this season.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Treatment recommendations grow from discussion and shared evaluation, guided by ethical considerations and individualized needs.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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Gerwitz Little said Socure does not sell verification data and that in lightweight age-estimation scenarios, where platforms use quick facial analysis or other signals rather than government documentation, the company may store little or no information.—
Barbara Booth,
CNBC,
8 Mar. 2026
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Shutting in a field without advanced computational modeling and parameter estimation is an act of economic self-destruction.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Complicating any assessment of the incident is the lack of images of bomb fragments from the blast.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Their assessment places the probability below 50 percent.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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But critics have questioned why the lease extension bypassed the council’s Economic Development Committee, and why no appraisal was done of the 124 acres the zoo controls in northwestern Balboa Park.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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OpenAI’s models, fed with Better’s mortgage data, save time by simultaneously running parallel workflows on dozens of checkpoints, including appraisals, title reports, income, credit reports and other metrics, Garg said.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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There is also hope for the twilight survey specifically, because more images are taken.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Only 1 in 4 Americans approve of the strikes on Iran that killed the country's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey published on March 2.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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The two must use their abilities to uncover a dark mystery and a reckoning that could destroy them all.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2026
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But the prospect of a multiweek campaign and rising casualties is forcing a reckoning inside the MAGA coalition, many of whom rallied behind his 2016 promise to avoid prolonged Middle East wars and nation-building efforts overseas.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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The deal got done at a $250 million post-money valuation, and as of February, Apptronik is valued at more than $5 billion.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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But with semiconductor earnings still strong and valuations stabilizing, other market watchers believe the underlying fundamentals of South Korea's equity market remain intact, particularly in the semiconductor sector that dominates the index.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Underestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underestimation. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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