overstate
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He added Griffiths went into "elaborate detail" in the stories he made up and "the emotional impact... is hard to overstate".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
I don’t want to overstate the story, though I’m probably about to.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
“It is hard to overstate how unusual this is: a historically cyclical, commoditized segment moving from value destruction to the top of the global league table in just a few years,” Talbott said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
It’s hard to overstate the hype entering Friday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Yet it would be nearly impossible to overstate Lyell’s influence.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Policymakers are puzzling over whether weak job growth overstates labor-market fragility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Miran believes inflation data overstates underlying price pressures, reflecting outdated measures rather than current economic conditions.
From Barron's ● Dec. 15, 2025
Even this low number overstates the risk, since the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index historically has outperformed a portfolio containing all high-yielding stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025
Nancy Vanden Houten, a lead US economist at Oxford Economics, cautioned that the jump in new home sales in August "likely overstates any improvement in housing activity".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
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
When drawing comparisons with Norway, it cannot be overstated how the outrageous Haaland hauls them up a fair bit.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The findings suggest that fears about severe muscle related side effects may be overstated for most people who could benefit from treatment.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026
The importance of habeas corpus at this moment cannot be overstated.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
One Covid lesson is that effective risk communication requires humility, transparency and a grounding in science rather than overstated certainty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
One of the demonstrators accused her online of overstating the company’s work with the Pentagon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
At the same time, she cautioned against overstating the gender differences.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
Carney said last week that some people were overstating Canada's reliance on the United States and that Washington does not get to dictate the terms of the upcoming trade negotiations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 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
In his enthusiasm, he was overstating, but not by much.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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