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overestimation

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Waymo’s valuation suggests either an undervaluation within Alphabet or an overestimation of Tesla’s robo-taxi potential by investors.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

The concern is that this could lead to an overestimation of demand for Nvidia’s chips.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025

Failure to fully account for these inter-correlations could potentially result in overestimation of the figures instead.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

That figure grows to about 400,000 fewer jobs than initially reported, or an overestimation of about 13%, for almost all of 2023.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024

But despite his underestimation of England and his overestimation of France, Jefferson's reputation and popularity soared.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis