How to Use estimate in a Sentence

estimate

1 of 2 verb

• We need to estimate how much paint we'll need for the job.
• They estimated the distance at about three miles.
• The cost of the project has been estimated at about 10 million dollars.
• He estimates that current oil reserves are 20 percent lower than they were a year ago.
• The odds of the feat were estimated at 27 trillion to 1.
  — Steve Pajak, sacbee, 26 Dec. 2017
• The jet was estimated at the time to cost about $100 million.
  — Kyle Rempfer, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• King did not estimate when Bay Area skies would clear up.
  — Mallory Moench, SFChronicle.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• Then they were asked to estimate the chances that they would get divorced.
  — Kimberly Dawn Neumann, Woman's Day, 27 Feb. 2019
• The cost of the attack has been estimated at $18 million.
  — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• The project is estimated to take two years to complete.
  — Kate Magill, Columbia Flier, 13 June 2018
• Some estimate survival times based on the stage of the disease, while others do so based on the extent of the disease.
  — Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2023
• Analysts estimate that the weight-loss market could reach $100 billion by the end of the decade.
  — Paula Doenecke, Fortune Europe, 4 Dec. 2023
• The fissure is estimated to be close to two miles wide and erupted about two and a half miles away from the town of Grindavík.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
• There are fewer than 350 right whales in the world, researchers estimate.
  — Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
• The bill itself does not lay out how companies ought to estimate the age of child users.
  — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
• Some estimate one-in-five restaurants in Illinois are closed for good.
  — Greg Bishop, Washington Examiner, 15 Mar. 2021
• Although the death toll is unknown, some estimate as many as 60 people died in the massacre.
  — National Geographic, 5 Nov. 2020
• Scientists estimate the mass of the dust trail could tip the scales at around 1 billion metric tons.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2019
• The weight of the planes is a key data point for pilots to control aircraft and to estimate fuel needed for routes.
  — Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2020
• The gangs are now estimated to control most of the capital.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2024
• There is no estimated time on when the road will be reopened, police said.
  — Justin Madden, cleveland.com, 4 Jan. 2018
• People with time blindness struggle to keep track of and estimate time.
  — USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• His net worth is estimated to be in the multi-million range.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 29 Dec. 2018
• Another way to estimate temperature is to hold your hand close to the grate and count.
  — SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• The system also can estimate the age and gender of speakers based on their voice.
  — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
• The city estimates construction will take three months to complete.
  — Daily Pilot, 29 Aug. 2019
• The landslide, estimated to be 450 feet wide, occurred following heavy rain and winds in the area.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
• The costs of such a monumental crisis are hard to estimate.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 2 Nov. 2022
• The State Land Department estimated the infrastructure cost would be at least $80 million.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2024
• The Perryman Group estimated that the economic impact could be more than several billion dollars between direct tourist spending ($1.6 billion) and other knock-on consumption (as much as $6 billion).
  — Susan Howson, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024

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estimate

2 of 2 noun

• The contractor's estimate for the job seemed high.
• We solicited several estimates for the project.
• One conservative estimate is that he stole five million dollars.
• The company's products are, by general estimate, poorly made.
• According to government estimates, current oil reserves are 10 percent lower than they were a year ago.
• One estimate of the value of the markups came to $3.6 billion.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2022
• The schools chief said the district will pay for the cost of the work, but no estimate is yet available.
  — Mike Isaacs, chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2017
• The best estimate is that there are about 2,000 or so deer on the island now.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2020
• Trager did not have an estimate of how much the work would cost.
  — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2023
• The amount of light blocked by the planet can give us an estimate of its size.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 15 Dec. 2022
• The client wanted to know whether the initial cost estimate still stood.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2021
• In three days, the agency estimates, the almost 90-year-old lake would be gone.
  — Josh Baugh, ExpressNews.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• The plans would include spending estimates for the work.
  — David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Apr. 2018
• The agency didn't have an estimate for how much that has cost during the first three weeks of the program.
  — Jackie Borchardt, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2020
• But critics say the city’s cost estimate is much too low.
  — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• By some estimates, more than half of all U.S. women are in that size range.
  — Jason Del Rey, Recode, 2 Oct. 2018
• The number is then used as an estimate for the amount of hate-speech views removed across the whole platform.
  — Jeff Horwitz, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2021
• The Fed’s long-term growth estimate is less than 2 percent.
  — Fortune, 14 Mar. 2018
• There has been no estimate of the cost of damages, the department said.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022
• Trump could also be refunded some of the cost if the estimate is too high.
  — Scott Bauer, Star Tribune, 16 Nov. 2020
• One estimate says that hundreds of thousands of tons of fishing gear are left in the ocean each year.
  — National Geographic, 16 May 2018
• Markert said the county does not have an estimate on what those costs might be or when the fire might be put out.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 27 Aug. 2020
• For more on what earnings estimates could mean for stocks, go here.
  — WSJ, 11 Sep. 2023
• That estimate doesn’t include the more than 400 homes that were damaged.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
• All told, the city estimates as much as $4 billion could be spent on retrofitting buildings.
  — Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, 19 Apr. 2019
• Home values in the Bay Area have begun to tick back up for the first time since mid-2022, new estimates from Zillow show.
  — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
• The low-end estimate of new space luxury retailers have leased in the U.S. over the past 12 months, in square feet.
  — Zlati Meyer, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2023
• Some scientists base their estimates on the TNM stage, while others do so based on the extent of the disease in the body.
  — Lynne Eldridge, Verywell Health, 15 Aug. 2023
• And, even then, the AKA said that estimate is probably low and the more accurate number may be closer to 18 million.
  — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
• Customers share theories about how much to spend on lipsticks, sweaters, sandals and dog beds to secure an offer or a preferred style — with some estimates climbing into the tens of thousands.
  — Joan Kennedy, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024