estimation
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appraisal, appraisement, assessment, estimate, evaluation, fix, judgment (or judgement), value judgment
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The revision comes days after Moody鈥檚 Investors Service cut its own forecast for 2019 to 6.2% from the previous estimation of 6.8%. — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, "Who gains from India鈥檚 new foreign investment norms?," 29 Aug. 2019 Lester Davis, a spokesman for Young, said the true cost might end up being smaller than the budget office鈥檚 estimation. — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore transfers $6 million to pay for ransomware attack; city considers insurance against hacks," 28 Aug. 2019 Indeed, looking back at the rough XI that started for Germany in the 2014 World Cup is quite a staggering thing, in that, save for Toni Kroos and Philipp Lahm, almost every player's estimations have faded drastically in the proceeding years. — SI.com, "An Ode to Gerard Pique: The Defining Central Defender of This Decade," 28 Aug. 2019 On Tuesday, Montali heard updates from various attorneys involved in the PG&E case about the estimation of the company鈥檚 fire liabilities. — J.d. Morris, SFChronicle.com, "PG&E bankruptcy case keeps getting more complex," 27 Aug. 2019 Most importantly, deep-learning algorithms can do both detection and parameter estimation in real time. — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, "Faced with a Data Deluge, Astronomers Turn to Automation," 21 Aug. 2019 In his coach鈥檚 estimation, Johnson needed to step up behind the scenes as much as on Saturdays. — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, "IU was Jerome Johnson's only FBS offer. Now the small-town Mississippi big man is repaying Tom Allen's faith," 8 Aug. 2019 Podcasts have grown greatly in the last year, by Reneau-Wedeen's estimation 20 percent, with the United States ranking as number one for Google, but overseas countries like India and Brazil joining the top 5 as well. — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, "Google bringing podcasts into search," 8 Aug. 2019 Tax estimations are slated to be sent to county households in November. — Tad Vezner, Twin Cities, "Ramsey County, focusing on equity efforts, proposes biennial budget with nearly 10 percent levy boost," 6 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'estimation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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