overstate
Example Sentences
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The risk to the strategy—and it is hard to overstate it—is that stocks will plummet should reports of peace prove false.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
It is difficult to overstate the void Bale left.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The significance of this climbdown is hard to overstate.
From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026
Until that point, it’s almost impossible to overstate how far behind the Nordics the Americans were.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
Yet it would be nearly impossible to overstate Lyell’s influence.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
