reestimate
verb
re·es·ti·mate
(ËŒ)rÄ“-ˈe-stÉ™-ËŒmÄt 
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or re-estimate
reestimated or re-estimated; reestimating or re-estimating
: to estimate (something) again especially in a different way
reestimated the percentages based on new data
… there has been a tendency in recent years on the part of the cognoscenti to reestimate the contribution made by [Giuseppe] Verdi.—
Aaron Copland
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Recently Fernando Mendez and his Stanford University collaborators reestimated the age of the time to the most recent common Y chromosome ancestor at 275,000 years, significantly older than the time of appearance of anatomically modern fossils in Africa.
—Michael F. Hammer, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
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Michael F. Hammer, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
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“Reestimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reestimate. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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