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Recent Examples of overestimation
The governor’s office projects a drop to just $24.7 million by 2026, though the Legislative Analyst noted that’s likely an overestimation.
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025
Even if that number is a vast overestimation, and the death toll from all nuclear accidents were a vast underestimation, splitting atoms in nuclear power stations is still one of the safest things that humanity does.
—Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
This was later updated to reflect a 598,000 overestimation in previous data.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
The possible overestimation could be due to a change in the direction of the tsunami’s energy.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2025
Even if that number is a vast overestimation, and the death toll from all nuclear accidents were a vast underestimation, splitting atoms in nuclear power stations is still one of the safest things that humanity does.
—Big Think, 14 Aug. 2025
This was later updated to reflect a 598,000 overestimation in previous data.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
The possible overestimation could be due to a change in the direction of the tsunami’s energy.
—Andrea Klick, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overestimation
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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
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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
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Through a reassessment of habitable zone models and boundary calculations, this study expands the range of worlds considered potentially habitable, revealing new targets in the search for life.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The weight of their present lives – the breakups of relationships and their dissatisfaction with themselves — lead to, if not epiphanies, then at least a reassessment of where their lives may be headed.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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The downgrade is based on state unemployment records that reflect actual payrolls rather than the government’s monthly survey.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Between 1992 and 2022, daily marijuana use became about 15 times more common, according to the survey, which relied on data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Overestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimation. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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