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Yet even before the first auction, oil companies — since early January — have been estimating compliance costs and pricing their products accordingly, say companies that distribute fuel to gas stations.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2023

"Doctors have been estimating one-quarter to one-third of COVID-19 patients become long haulers, as many patients call themselves," reported the UC Davis Health's Post-COVID-19 Clinic.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2021

He said the study might prompt new questions about how accurately scientists have been estimating other countries’ emissions, and whether the world’s forests have been absorbing as much carbon from the air as they think.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2015

Under pressure from the Securities and Exchange Commission, banks have been estimating the potential damage in their financial filings.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2011

"Very well," he replied, "I'll turn and go back, but I want to tell you, Mr. Shepard, that while you have been estimating what General Jackson's army can do you must make that estimate high."

From The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)