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How to use the word underestimates in a Sentence?

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It is important to understand that these numbers -- be it from China, Italy, Singapore or the U.S.-- are all inaccurate, and they are all underestimates to varying degrees of the actual number of infections.

Hsu Li Yang

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I heard a commissioner say that only 10 % of the land at Grand-Staircase has any scenic value, to them 90 % of this was worthless, but that underestimates the importance of biodiversity here and we can assume that things that cause a lot of disturbance to the area will have negative consequences.

Joseph Wilson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

These numbers are probably on the conservative side, women know they shouldn't be smoking during pregnancy, and there is a certain population that either denies that they smoke or underestimates the number of cigarettes they smoke.

Tatiana Anderson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I'm worried about beating Hillary. Of course I am, i think Hillary will be a strong candidate. And if our party underestimates her, they're making a terrible mistake.

John Kasich

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It looked like a walk in a park for Alexis Tsipras - there was a chasm between Alexis Tsipras. But we see now that if one underestimates the other, it will only backfire, i'M NOT FAKE.

Thomas Gerakis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The boosters admit they will not cover cost underestimates and scope changes, not coincidentally, these have been the main drivers of overruns for previous Olympic host cities.

The No Boston Olympics group

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Who underestimates is buried in the optimism of the deads. (Qui sous-estime s'enterre - Dans l'optimisme des morts.)

Charles de LEUSSE

added by anonymous
8 years ago

The sense in Israel, and it goes way beyond Netanyahu, is that the president underestimates Iran's duplicity, underestimates Iran's ruthlessness, the religious imperative behind its ideology.

David Horovitz

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth...

J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth.

J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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