Sentence examples for estimates like the from inspiring English sources

The E.P.A. no longer endorses estimates like the one ChicoBag cited: that only 1 percent of plastic bags are recycled.

Despite the current inconsistencies, accountants say a uniform system for calculating options costs is possible, noting that earnings statements already contain many economic estimates, like the rate at which machines and buildings lose their value, known as depreciation.

In an important recent paper, Josh Bivens, of the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute, pointed out that estimates like the one produced by the Peterson Institute don't take into account the distributional aspects of trade agreements.

That policy, based on estimates like the Nordhaus model that trivialize the climate crisis, says that the climate damages caused by using a gallon of gasoline are worth only about 20 cents — so we shouldn't spend any more than that to reduce emissions.

Luckily, we have independent estimates, like the Billion Price Index; sorry, but they are consistent with the official data: So what we've had is as good a test of rival views as one ever gets in macroeconomics — which makes it remarkable that the GOP is now firmly committed to the view that failed.

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Lured by estimates like these, the major oil players are pumping billions of dollars through this four-century-old harbor city.

The most widely quoted estimates, like those in the Dynamic Integrated Model of Climate and the Economy, known as DICE, used by Yale's William Nordhaus and colleagues, depend upon educated guesswork to place a value on the negative effects of global warming in a number of crucial areas, especially agriculture and coastal protection, then try to make some allowance for other possible repercussions.

Future versions may include new procedures to refine the estimates, like using the information from previous frames to verify the consistency of the current estimates.

The Urban Institute contends estimates like these are off the mark because they assume too many people will sign up, and don't consider how much states will save by scaling back programs currently serving the poor, however.

The renovation had a preliminary estimate of $300 million but library officials have said the estimate, like the design, could change as the project is further defined.