overstated
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Social media firms argue the potential risks are being overstated and that they already provide users with effective safety tools.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"The club's income was hugely overstated by over £830 million."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Criminal justice policy researchers have found that the proposed economic benefits of prisons to small, rural communities were probably overstated to begin with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Struyven acknowledges some of the more alarmist calls on oil are probably overstated.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The heroic status of Aldus Manutius the Elder among historians of the printed word cannot be overstated.
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