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Those stories would have been wrong or overstated but would have become the narrative.

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Failing to repeat as champions is hardly a catastrophe — it’s notoriously difficult to do so — but the importance of Champions League qualification cannot be overstated.

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It’s easy to overstate what has happened so far, which is mainly a change in legal designation.

LONDON LOST A CHUNK OF EUROPEAN STOCK TRADING THIS WEEK. WHAT WILL IT LOSE NEXT?JOHN DETRIXHEJANUARY 9, 2021QUARTZ

Many of you believe the long-term impact of the pandemic won’t die off but that its effects have been overstated.

TERM SHEET READERS PREDICT WHICH MARKETS WILL BOOM IN 2021LUCINDA SHENDECEMBER 18, 2020FORTUNE

The watchdog said it found evidence of false forecasting, meaning utilities were overstating how much water would be sold, and, when that didn’t pan out, the company could go back and tack on a surcharge.

ENVIRONMENT REPORT: STATE THROWS COLD WATER ON PRICING SCHEMEMACKENZIE ELMERSEPTEMBER 14, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

You cannot overstate the importance of the discovery, if this is real.

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But he interrupted her ere she had gone far, "Mademoiselle de La Vauvraye," said he, "you overstate the matter."

ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI

I do not at all overstate the fact, when I say, that 50,000 slaves are annually landed in Cuba.

BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS

I noticed that he did not overstate anything, but spoke within bounds.

A PLEA FOR CAPTAIN JOHN BROWNHENRY DAVID THOREAU

We cannot overstate our debt to the past, but the moment has the supreme claim.

DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SOURCESJAMES WOOD

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