overstatement
Example Sentences
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But all-rounder Stokes said any notion he is not "aligned" with the New Zealander is a "massive overstatement".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
That’s an overstatement, as is the later claim that for Pericles “cold logic and science trumped religion.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
That might be an overstatement, but it’s right to celebrate the strength of the U.S. economy, so long as a few lurking risks can be overcome.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
It isn’t an overstatement to say that no one — not the Democrats, not even the Republicans — wanted to see what we saw.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025
The criminologist James Alan Fox explained that his warning of a “bloodbath” was in fact an intentional overstatement.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Vocabulary lists containing overstatement
STAAR English II: Literary Devices and Figures of Speech
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Reading: Literature - High School
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