understatement
Example Sentences
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Initial data showed 25 Foundayo prescriptions, but analysts believe this is an understatement.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
In a typical understatement, he added: “And the ultimate result was apparently accepted by everybody, because people still play them, and they like them. For which, of course, I’m very pleased.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Harry's mother, Sarah Carter, told the court: "Anything I write will be an understatement of the depth of pain."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
It was lunchtime when Brullo released them for the day, and to say that Celaena was hungry would be a severe understatement.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
Vocabulary lists containing understatement
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