understatement
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To say I can relate would be an understatement.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
"I would say bureaucratic hellscape is an understatement," she admits.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“It does not inspire confidence to know that this kind of wild understatement happened,” said Andrew Granato, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin who specializes in corporate finance and insurance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
“There’s lots of new in the Premier League,” chief executive Richard Masters said, with typical English understatement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“It does have bling,” I say, which is an understatement.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
As for the camp factor, many massive understatements in the script will trigger appreciative howls of laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
It was one of the greatest understatements of all time.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
In the world of understatements, saying there’s a lot of television out there has to rank among the boldest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2022
The rolls are understatements, their sheer bean curd wrappers encasing shrimp, pork, shiitakes and bamboo shoots, everything moistened with a light wash of brown sauce.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2017
The average of these averages is 101 per cent. for the entire club, and is probably within the truth; for most of the individual figures which go to make up this result are understatements, not overstatements.
From How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science by Irving Fisher
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