Example Sentences

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Same-store sales increased 1.8% in the fourth quarter, which ended Jan. 31, ahead of the 0.9% decline Wall Street was estimating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

In a note dated late Monday, the brokerage said in addition to an increase of 50 basis points in March and 25 basis points in May, it was estimating a 25 basis-point hike in June.

From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2023

As of 5 p.m., when the temperature stood at a frigid 7 degrees, the city’s electricity provider, National Grid, was estimating that as many as 20,000 customers were without power.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

The New Orleans suburb of Jefferson Parish was estimating it could take at least five days to restore the water system there.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021

It was the equivalent of pulling a frantic all-nighter to get a paper done in college, only Barack was estimating it would take him roughly a couple of months to get the book finished.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama