understatement

Since these readings determine royalty and tax payments, the lab estimated that the errors could lead to an overstatement or understatement of a single well’s production value by as much as $36 million a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

To say the 80-year-old has lost a step is an understatement.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

"The UK's economic and fiscal position remains very challenging," it says, with a splash of understatement, adding that "there have been further adverse developments" this year with in the conflict in the Middle East.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

By the end, the hyperbolic term “madman” seems like an understatement for Irwin’s subjects, many of whom are, at a minimum, fantasists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

With Zu still crying in the backseat and me having no idea where we had been headed in the first place, to say I was relieved was an understatement.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

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

“Obviously, they’re going through some of their own issues,” Maryland coach Mike Locksley said Tuesday in one of the understatements of the college football season.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

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

Possibly there would be greater understatements in the remaining ninety-nine years of the Twenty-first Century, but Carlstrom doubted it.

From A Prize for Edie by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone