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overestimation

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as in underestimation

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Recent Examples on the Web Despite its vast intelligence-collection ability, the United States has done a poor job of understanding Russian power, evident in its gross overestimation of Russian military capabilities before February 24, 2022. —

Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024 The overestimation of Moscow’s military goes back at least to the mid-twentieth century. —

Zoltan Barany, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2023 Paramedics arrived about 15 minutes later and injected the 23-year-old with what was later discovered to be a lethal dose of ketamine based on an overestimation of McClain’s weight. —

Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024 This can have various negative consequences: Distorted Perceptions: Anchoring can distort our perception of value, leading to overestimations or underestimations. —

Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overestimation

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