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Recent Examples of overestimation
All four actors failed to achieve Actor Award recognition this year, signaling a possible overestimation of enthusiasm for this international Oscar contender.
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Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
The study found that the incorrect, older models led to a significant bias in criticality calculations, causing an artificial overestimation of the reactor’s effective neutron multiplication factor (keff).
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Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 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.
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Big Think,
14 Aug. 2025
This was later updated to reflect a 598,000 overestimation in previous data.
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Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
The study found that the incorrect, older models led to a significant bias in criticality calculations, causing an artificial overestimation of the reactor’s effective neutron multiplication factor (keff).
—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 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
See All Example Sentences for overestimation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overestimation
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That’s probably an underestimation.
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The first is the underestimation of local content – not just as an engagement driver, but as a transaction engine.
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An investor who underwrites to the seller's tax line rather than the post-sale reassessment is buying a cap rate that will never actually exist for them.
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Analysts say deteriorating geopolitical relations are driving the reassessment.
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Ippei Naoi | Getty Images Investors continue to rely on professional financial advisers for their final investment decisions, even as artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in the initial stages of research, according to a survey by HSBC.
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Americans are more likely than not to favor religious expression in public schools, though most agree participation should be voluntary, a national survey has found.
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“Overestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimation. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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