overstated
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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
The tax advantages of keeping your money until you die are often overstated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Now the agency said job creation during the one-year period was overstated by a combined 79,000, putting the increase at just under 200,000.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
But the prosecutors say this was "overstated", arguing her conditions would improve over time, especially as her notoriety faded.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Some naturalists think the population may have been overstated by as much as 20 percent, which means that the moose aren’t being so much culled as slaughtered.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
