as in overestimation
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Additionally, the self-reporting of sleep duration may have introduced recall biases, including the overestimation of actual sleep time versus time spent in bed.—
Paul McClure
May 14,
New Atlas,
14 May 2025 -
That any cease-fire was necessary was a surprise and a letdown for Modi’s base, which had expected a swift victory based on a combination of misinformation and what was likely an overestimation of India’s military strength and operational superiority.—
Vaibhav Vats,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
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Though an agreement was made in March of 2021 to extend the treaty, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022 and Russia’s subsequent refusal to submit to on-site inspections several months later, Moscow officially stopped participating in the treaty the following February.—
Natasha Lindstaedt,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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While the district passed a resolution authorizing the property acquisition last week, the district must complete a survey and site inspection costing up to $10,000 before closing.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Sixty-three percent of Gen Zers and 52 percent of millennials are considering moving abroad, according to a recent survey by Harris Poll.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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For example, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) has identified about 800 TNOs — and that's even though DES is ostensibly a cosmological survey.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
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The last audit of the facility was in 2014, over a decade ago, according to the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, before the jail located in New Orleans’ Mid-City neighborhood was opened.—
Ryan Young,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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Conduct an audit of your practices to ensure objectivity is embedded into workplace systems and consider different ways to hold leaders accountable for cultivating an inclusive and equitable environment.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The latter two in particular are emblematic of Hayes’ examination of her broader player pool, with both stepping into more important roles given positional absences.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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Closer examination reveals tensions that are more subtle but no less profound.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Everything also defaults to Celsius and metric measurements.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album (TEA) units and streaming equivalent album (SEA) units.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
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“Overevaluation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overevaluation. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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