estimating

verb

present participle of estimate
1
as in assessing
to make an approximate or tentative judgment regarding experts estimated the value of the painting at a million dollars

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2
as in calculating
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement we estimated the snowfall to be about a foot

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Recent Examples of estimating Other Grail investigators modeled the likely impact of their multicancer test, estimating a 25% reduction in the death rate for all cancers combined. — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026 The Forest Service also has a substantial backlog of deferred road maintenance, with the agency estimating that cost at more than $9 billion. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 Goldman Sachs was even more bullish, estimating that exports from Persian Gulf producers hit 19 million barrels per day. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia has effectively started a fresh wave of military mobilization, estimating that there are currently more than 8,000 North Korean troops on Russian territory. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 The sales veteran said estimating a value of a film, country by country, came down to a mixture of experience and expertise. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026 But relatives had some concerns about his weight, estimating the boy to be about 200 pounds. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Because entry is free and open, estimating attendance is nearly impossible, Street said. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026 The World Nuclear Association is even more optimistic, estimating that global nuclear capacity could reach 1,457 GWe by 2050 if countries meet their targets and current reactors keep running. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for estimating
  1. assessing
  2. calculating
  3. valuing
  4. figuring
  5. evaluating
  6. gauging
  7. guessing
  8. making
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  • Argentina’s new Agency for Citizenship by Investment Programs will be the government office in charge of assessing applications for the new passport scheme.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The airline said crews were assessing the aircraft and customers were being accommodated.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of assessing
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  • Payment history is the largest factor in calculating a FICO® Score, accounting for 35% of the score.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • People with eating disorders may exhibit compulsive behaviors around both exercise and eating, including working out for multiple hours every day and carefully calculating every aspect of their diet.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of calculating
Verb
  • The model also depends on investors valuing Hyperliquid Strategies’ stock at more than the HYPE and cash behind each share.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The principles of believing in yourself, valuing family and friendship, and loving reading carried from season to season.
    — Ashley Montgomery, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of valuing
Verb
  • This is also figuring that Warners unleashes Digger on Premium VOD soon and does a decent number relative to the box office because people are curious.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
  • UConn has been figuring it out with 87 new players, many of whom hadn’t seen regular game reps at their prior stop.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of figuring
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  • The study found that 93 percent of shippers consider AI important, very important or critical when evaluating a 3PL.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Nothing the model outputs should be able to talk its way past this layer, because the action layer is not reading the model’s output but evaluating the call itself.
    — Alex Salazar, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaluating
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  • The think tank studies California’s political geography every few years, gauging which issues residents care about the most.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Only gauging team climate once a year is the equivalent of testing oxygen annually.
    — Nilton Bernini, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of gauging
Verb
  • Then, just to keep us guessing, Pugh attended a press event at New York’s Paley Center in an ethereal all-white Erdem gown, a personification of symbolic innocence.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Booking Holdings’ chief financial officer thinks the companies spending the most on artificial intelligence are guessing.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of guessing
Verb
  • Crafting the ‘nudge’ As an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University, Carleton spent two summers working in a Johns Hopkins prostate cancer lab and was surprised to see surgeons making a point to attend the department’s journal club.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • If the waiver is granted, callers would still be limited by certain conditions, including allowing consumers to opt out and making no more than three calls within 30 days to each individual recipient.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of making

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