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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
Noun
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Those ratings create an estimate of how many goals each team is expected to score and allow in a game against an average opponent at a neutral site.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Inflation's effect on teacher pay NEA researchers used state department of education projections — or, when necessary, arrived at their own projections — to estimate teacher salary averages for 2026, then compared those estimates to salaries from 2017.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2026
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The evaluation of Payton will come during training camp and preseason, and that’s when the Eagles will have a decision to make.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The results are compared to baseline neurological evaluations players take at the start of the season.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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In Trent’s estimation, those at the federal level aren’t listening enough to small business owners, with many of the administration’s policies aimed at enriching large corporations.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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The alarming statement followed Gross’s estimation that the risk of a nuclear war was increasing from 1 percent per year to about 2 percent annually.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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Domestic infrastructure for large-scale sorting, assessment, and processing remains underdeveloped.—
Jessica Binns,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
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Colleges are beginning to respond with interviews, oral examinations, and in-person assessments.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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In addition to working with academic institutions, Kline does appraisal, auction, consulting, and rental services.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Miller said one option would be for the property owners to get regular appraisals, which would be create a flood of demand for appraisal companies like his.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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After this week’s storms, survey crews confirmed Tuesday that storm damage in Linn, Miami and Johnson counties in eastern Kansas came from four separate tornadoes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
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More consumers now see the odds of a rate hike, rather than a cut, rising in the back half of the year, according to the latest Consumer Confidence survey.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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For audiences expecting a cradle-to-grave reckoning, that cutoff can feel abrupt.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
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Energy experts have been warning oil futures have been totally disconnected from the reality that exists in the physical market, but a reckoning is unavoidable and imminent, according to a top oil analyst.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Although revenue share payments are typically undisclosed, name, image and likeness valuations are much more public.—
Mark Long,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The greater problem will be valuation.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Underestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underestimation. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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