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- noun Plural form of
estimate .
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Examples
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He cited what he called the estimates of the "most serious" revisionists that "between 200,000 and 300,000 perished in Nazi concentration camps, but not one of them by gassing in a gas chamber."
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The trouble with all government "estimates" is that they always fail to meet their mark.
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And the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget reports that the CBO's long-term estimates are, in fact, extremely optimistic.
It's official: The debt is ballooning. Now can we think clearly? Stephen Stromberg 2011
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In fact, the estimates from a wide range of experts say the stimulus has saved or created more than 3 million jobs.
Democrats suffer from Americans' unwillingness to accept economic reality Steven Pearlstein 2010
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The estimates is that its gonna double by the time Obama is done.
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Using the dollar estimates from the CBPP that would be $720 billion.
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But the Obama administration, citing estimates from the Urban Institute, the human resources consulting company Mercer and others, says the law isn't responsible for any increase greater than 1 to 2 percent.
Health care law fact check: Medicaid, health spending, and abortion myths and missteps N.C. Aizenman 2010
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Note: I am NOT disputing purported cost levels nor a 50% increase in estimates, rather would like to see proof.
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But the Obama administration, citing estimates from the Urban Institute, the human resources consulting company Mercer and others, says the law isn't responsible for any increase greater than 1 to 2 percent.
Critics say health-care overhaul will drive up premiums. Post 2010
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Earthworks, a U. S.-based non-profit organization campaigning against the mine, expects the Pebble project to produce 10 billion tons of waste during its lifetime based on initial resource estimates from the partnership.
Opposition to Alaska Mine Builds Up Among Jewelers Alex MacDonald 2010
GHibbs commented on the word estimates
The 3rd person singular of the verb 'to estimate': 'he or she estimates.'
September 2, 2011