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underestimation

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Recent Examples of underestimation 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 That’s probably an underestimation. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 June 2026 The first is the underestimation of local content – not just as an engagement driver, but as a transaction engine. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 June 2026 For Smith-Njigba, underestimation precedes dominance. — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 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

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Noun

Analysts keep adjusting upward their estimates of what AI hyperscalers will spend on capex in the future, and that increased spend is driving down free cash flow estimates.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Although scarce documentation has left a wide range of estimates, as many as 2 million people are said to have been slaughtered in communal massacres during this exodus.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

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In Kirke’s estimation, apparel shouldn’t be caught up in the maelstrom brewing between Washington and Ottowa over exports like steel, automotives, dairy or alcohol.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
No commissioner is ever all that popular, but Manfred has enjoyed a bit of a glow-up in fan estimation recently.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of estimation

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Questions involving fairness, accountability, values or meaning cannot be handed over to technology without changing the nature of the decision itself – from one of human judgment to algorithmic assessment.

— Pooya Tabesh, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Torrez's office alleges that CYFD didn't conduct proper risk assessments of the child's mother and instructed a minor to cross an international border on foot without an adult.

— MIKELLA SCHUETTLER, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Definition of assessment

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Some information can be gleaned from such appraisals, like what shape the recovered debris is in, what degree of temperatures they were exposed to.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 22 July 2026
Many measures, such as those in Louisiana, have yet to receive cost appraisals but are still projected to curb local government revenue streams.

— Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of appraisal

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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

Definition of survey

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By our reckoning, City earned over $1million more than the next highest-earning English club, Arsenal, though that was impacted by the latter reaching the Champions League final.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Christians are having a Trump-sized reckoning Support Public Media.

— NPR, NPR, 20 July 2026

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