Example Sentences

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"It seems clear to us that the government has underestimated the effect," she said.

From BBC • May 15, 2025

Among a barrage of objections, industry has complained the SEC has underestimated the cost of complying with the proposed rule.

From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2023

But it’s likely that the study has underestimated the challenge, the authors warn.

From Scientific American • Sep. 9, 2021

Everyone has underestimated the depths of her feelings and the lengths she is willing to go.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2020

We are inclined to suggest that Mr. Stephen, who does little more than glance at Coleridge's position, has underestimated his influence upon the intellectual direction of politics in the first half of this century.

From Studies in Literature and History by Miller, John O.