How to Use estimation in a Sentence
estimation
noun- This is not, in my estimation, an efficient use of our resources.
- She went down in her supporters' estimation after she voted against the plan.
- Planning the project requires careful cost estimation.
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But meeting that goal is likely some months away, according to the court’s own estimation.
— Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2021 -
In my estimation, this is realism — and non-slander of one’s own country.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Mar. 2021 -
By my estimation, this is in line with Sharma’s understanding.
— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2021 -
Even by the standards of this up-in-the-air year, estimations of Ronan’s Best Actress chances are all over the map.
— Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024 -
The Bay Area native was on his team, and Huang noticed that the youngster was, in his estimation, playing the right way.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2021 -
What makes Valheim different, in my estimation, is the fidelity of the controls.
— Luke Winkie, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2021 -
The difficult part of this estimation exercise is that the direct cost reduction is the smallest portion of the customer benefit of moving to the cloud.
— Wsj Staff, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2021 -
In my estimation, as-a-Service is where the industry is headed and is an intelligent pivot for Cisco.
— Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021 -
The Utes are the team to beat in the fall, in our estimation.
— Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024 -
Doyle’s estimation takes in the stretches that pass through the towns hit the hardest along the trail.
— Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024 -
In my estimation, the show has gone off the rails this past season.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021 -
Your wife may have a point in her estimation of this friend.
— Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2022 -
All of this is going to take a long time, about 10 to 15 years by Greene’s estimation.
— Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022 -
In your estimation, what needs to be addressed and fixed with the Heat in the offseason?
— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024 -
By contrast, his team still has a ways to go in his estimation.
— Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023 -
The line is pretty sharp for this game in my estimation.
— Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022 -
This is a wake-up call kind of game for the Cardinals in my estimation.
— Adam Burke Vsin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021 -
So pardon the pun here, but in your estimation, the jury is still out.
— Abc News, ABC News, 7 May 2024 -
Fouls were a problem, even though in the estimation of Ike, her youth coach, and Raegan.
— oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2023 -
So the sale arrived and a very good surprise: The piece sold for more than the high estimation and that’s how my name started to spread.
— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 29 Feb. 2024 -
Not in the estimation of the chef, who aims to do something for everyone.
— Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021 -
There is no estimation of when the refugees will arrive.
— Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2021 -
That's because the estimation of adults who don't want the vaccine -- about 12-16% -- has remained steady for about a year.
— Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2021 -
By his estimation, BYU will be able to get in nine or 10 practices from this point until the bowl game.
— Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022 -
In his estimation, Harpootlian said Murdaugh would have had about 10 minutes to kill his wife and son, drive up to the house and then get on the road.
— María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023 -
The Spurs, by most estimation, boast a nice, young roster full of nice, young players.
— Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 13 June 2022 -
While there’s no question that biodiversity is in decline, growing criticism of WWF’s estimation casts doubt on the scale of loss — or at least on science’s ability to accurately measure it.
— Benji Jones, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
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