understate
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Moreover, these percentages understate the long odds that Paramount faces, Gu noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Cash payments help businesses understate turnover to stay below the VAT threshold, while cash wages help them avoid payroll taxes.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
But if they are broadening into something more persistent, the trimmed mean will understate inflation, possibly by a lot.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
“I cannot understate the complexity and engineering involved in setting up the interiors for a head-of-state type airplane,” White said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Francis saw no reason to understate the power of the helical theory and within several minutes revealed the way Bessel functions gave neat answers.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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“This understates the costliness to U.S. households though, because tariffs also allow non-importing firms to raise their prices if they’re competing with imports,” Bivens said.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026
Economists say the CPI probably understates the true rate of inflation owing to the government shutdown last fall.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026
And all that likely understates how much people rely on chatbots, says Aleyda Solis, founder of SEO and AI optimization agency Orainti.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
He says dismissing concerns as a GTA-style moral panic "understates what is changing".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
He who asserts that Irish disloyalty or discontent has not declined understates the case.
From A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 by Albert Venn Dicey
In these performances, Parton demonstrated a balance of humour and emotional depth, often anchoring scenes with a distinctly understated presence.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
He’s somehow both understated — he’s not showboating, even when he would be entitled to — and authoritative.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
With his friendly smile and understated suit, the 51-year-old businessman is spearheading a series of industrial and logistics infrastructure projects, with the aim of developing sectors for the processing of raw materials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
At a time when drama has come to depend on celebrity leads and commercial hype, this bounty of understated excellence is heartening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Help me to understated: What is the virtue in denying one’s own desires to satisfy another’s will?”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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David Protein stayed mostly quiet at first after a lawsuit accused it of understating its bars’ calories and fat content in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
The move came just hours after the company faced allegations of understating debt and intentionally deceiving shareholders from short-seller firm Muddy Waters.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
U.S. accounting rules for intangible assets have been subject to criticism for potentially understating their true value or sometimes excluding some internally developed assets entirely.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
"He shows that the police overstated the threat posed by the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, while understating the risk that was posed to the Israeli fans if they travelled to the area," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
In a tone that suggested she was understating things greatly, she told Dill that he’d be able to buy a few textbooks with the royalties.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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