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Recent Examples of overestimation
The upshot of this free cash flow overestimation is that analysts have been overestimating Tesla’s fundamental value for years.
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Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
This underperformance of Pfizer stock can be attributed to declining revenues after the surge in Covid-19 vaccine demand during the pandemic and the company’s overestimation of Covid-19 products demand in the long run.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The overestimation caused by incorrect arm positioning, particularly the unsupported arm at the side, could easily lead to misdiagnoses of hypertension.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2024
Givi and Kirk attribute this overestimation of negative outcomes to cognitive bias—more specifically, the tendency to give more weight to our own overthinking than to the actual thoughts of others.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
This underperformance of Pfizer stock can be attributed to declining revenues after the surge in Covid-19 vaccine demand during the pandemic and the company’s overestimation of Covid-19 products demand in the long run.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
The overestimation caused by incorrect arm positioning, particularly the unsupported arm at the side, could easily lead to misdiagnoses of hypertension.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2024
Givi and Kirk attribute this overestimation of negative outcomes to cognitive bias—more specifically, the tendency to give more weight to our own overthinking than to the actual thoughts of others.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overestimation
survey
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New survey research from McKinsey found that 71% of respondents said their organizations regularly use GenAI in at least one business function, an increase of 6% from the 2024 survey.—
Lori Schafer,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Americans’ worries over inflation tempered in May, according to a New York Federal Reserve survey released Monday, signaling rising consumer optimism following shifts in US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
10 June 2025
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“Overestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimation. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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