previously estimate
Frequency: 7.010.7 per million words
To have estimated something at an earlier time.
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- The final cost was substantially higher than previously estimated.
- The company's profits exceeded what analysts had previously estimated.
- New data shows the population of the endangered species is smaller than previously estimated.
- The time needed for the repairs is much longer than we previously estimated.
- Archaeologists discovered the ancient city was much larger than they had previously estimated.
- The turnout for the event was lower than the organizers had previously estimated.
- With the new technology, the processing speed is faster than previously estimated.
- The severity of the side effects was greater than the drug trial had previously estimated.
- He had previously estimated the journey would take three hours, but it only took two.
- The impact of the policy change was more significant than had been previously estimated.