overstate

"We also can't overstate the importance of the patient population and their involvement in developing therapies and their dedication to understanding their disease."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

The plaintiffs accused the board members of instead cherry-picking data to understate operating costs and overstate the financial performance of landlords.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Harrington said he is flattered by the praise, but he did not want to overstate his own importance on Burnham's journey.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

“It is hard to overstate how significant last night’s earnings were,” O’Regan wrote in his note to clients.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

In fact, by terming it a 'problem', I perhaps overstate the matter.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Of the 130 companies scored, roughly half showed meaningful AI activity by any measure — but even that overstates it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

This overstates the marginal value of transparency—not because it isn’t important, but because transparency is already widely practiced by EMs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

That phrasing wildly overstates the case, perhaps conveying the impression that there is some voter fraud, even an uncomfortable amount, but just not enough to sway an election.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

The EPA fuel economy figure of 12 mpg, combined, hilariously overstates mileage in my real-world driving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

It also overstates the importance of rare geniuses, such as Watt and Edison.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The economists caution that this doesn’t necessarily mean the BLS has solved its problems, and that the risk remains that job growth since last March is being overstated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Now the agency said job creation during the one-year period was overstated by a combined 79,000, putting the increase at just under 200,000.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Dáire Hughes said her decades of contribution to music and cultural expression "cannot be overstated" and is "evidenced by her countless awards and honours".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

"We think both things are true, in part, but should not be dramatically overstated at this point."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Cecilia’s enthusiasm, for example, seemed a little overstated, tainted with condescension perhaps, and intrusive too; her big sister wanted each bound story catalogued and placed on the library shelves, between Rabindranath Tagore and Quintus Tertullian.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

At the same time, she cautioned against overstating the gender differences.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

In such circumstances, describing the decision as fully autonomous risks overstating the freedom involved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

There's also no overstating the frustration of royal officials at the way that Andrew has kept scuppering their plans.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Microsoft’s comments could help relieve concerns that large technology companies are overstating the useful life of Nvidia chips and other AI processors that power their data centers.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

Tuve’s indignation revived Lawrence’s defensiveness: “It would seem,” Ernest replied, “that you are overstating things a bit with the remark that you are unable to check a single one of our observations.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik