How to Use overestimate in a Sentence

overestimate

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• Students have been know to wildly overestimate the ages of their teachers.
  — Christine Loman, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• There’s no way to overestimate the effect Betty’s transparency had on a nation in the throes of Nixon’s downfall.
  — Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 21 Apr. 2022
• But in at least some cases, a blindingly bright black hole could be leading researchers to overestimate the heft of the surrounding stars.
  — WIRED, 5 Nov. 2023
• So forget the bots and Russian trolls, or at least don’t overestimate their influence.
  — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2020
• Tip: Don’t overestimate your ability to afford things based on your gross pay.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• None of this is helped by the fact that many swimmers greatly overestimate their swimming abilities.
  — Kaleb A. Brown, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2020
• Their solution was to blindly overestimate the taxes the state would collect.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• As with any online frenzy, though, blending in with the crowd is part of the appeal and Lyons believes some people may have overestimated in their responses.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 23 Sep. 2023
• This appears to be what happened in 2021, when the Department of Water Resources greatly overestimated how much of that winter’s snow would wind up in rivers.
  — Raymond Zhong Erin Schaff, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Employees often overestimate what can be done in a week, but underestimate what can be done in a year.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• Some economists say towns tend to overestimate the economic benefits of theme parks like Legoland.
  — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• Be wary of overestimating your abilities with Mercury and Neptune egging you on.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
• But over the past 25 years, analysts on average have overestimated the final EPS number by 6.9% one year in advance.
  — Hannah Miao, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2023
• But when a poll does include them, the results tend to drastically overestimate their support, data shows.
  — Rebecca Davis O’Brien, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• Republicans and Democrats both overestimate the extent to which the other side dehumanizes them by up to 300%, according to the findings.
  — Time, 26 Oct. 2022
• Prigozhin may be overestimating his chances, according to the think tank, which counts two generals, including Gen. David H. Petraeus, on its board.
  — NBC News, 24 June 2023
• What may be especially troubling for the White House is that recent history suggests that, like many polls, Monmouth tends to overestimate Biden strength.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
• So in schools that have installed these filters, carbon dioxide readings alone may overestimate the risk of viral transmission.
  — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2021
• The groups also have argued that the government is overestimating the importance of the new rule in controlling migration.
  — Rebecca Santana, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
• The monarch also seemed to grossly overestimate Diana's ability to adjust to royal life.
  — Emma Dibdin, ELLE, 11 Nov. 2022
• In broad terms, the poll shows that Americans consistently, and vastly, overestimate the size of minority groups.
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 18 Mar. 2022
• Prospects for such an outcome can hardly be overestimated.
  — Time, 28 July 2023
• The test positivity rate, meanwhile, tends to overestimate the true prevalence.
  — Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2021
• Those who suffer from the Spotlight Effect typically overestimate how much people think of them.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
• Namely, there’s a risk of overestimating how much carbon dioxide has been sequestered when not fully accounting for how fertilizers in the soil affect the process.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2023
• Their contribution to the pulse of this reverberant tale cannot be overestimated.
  — David L. Coddoncontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
• Having warned us early on against the danger of overestimating etymology, Nuttall cheerfully does precisely that for much of the rest of the book.
  — S.c. Cornell, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2023
• Yes, the polls in GOP primary contests have slightly overestimated Trump’s support.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 2 Mar. 2024
• These findings fall in line with research that shows people consistently overestimate the size of minority groups.
  — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 17 July 2023
• Trump didn’t allegedly overestimate the cost of buildings, which is a technical term, but rather he is accused of inflating the value of certain businesses and properties.
  — Bridget J. Crawford, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024