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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

In that sense, these adjustments may understate the effect of maintaining a given standard of consumption.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 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

The IEA cautioned that GPS jamming and vessels switching off their transponders mean the data likely understates actual traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some economists said the Fed’s prevailing view understates the risk of waiting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

And that understates the savings, because it also would have cut the $9 trillion in net interest the government has to pay on the national debt over that period.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

“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

Finnell's methodology was materially flawed in that it understates the rate of overblocking for the following reasons.

From Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling by United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Pennsylvania

Plan-enrollment projections, however, have historically understated actual enrollment, CMS said, so the 2027 subscriber tally could be higher.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Those numbers are likely understated: Many holdings were listed with a range of values, or simply as “over $50,000,000,” as is customary for government financial disclosures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

He’s somehow both understated — he’s not showboating, even when he would be entitled to — and authoritative.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

The small change went a long way for buyers with smaller wrists, or who were looking to get something more understated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Evan was a paler, taller version of Hari, but otherwise they were dressed almost identically, in understated plaid button-down shirts with a little Ralph Lauren emblem on the chest, khaki pants, and loafers.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

A U.K. parliamentary inquiry concluded that the government mis-sold loans to students for over a decade by understating their eventual costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Short seller Muddy Waters Research accused SoFi of understating debt and intentionally diluting shareholders in a March report—claims SoFi called “factually inaccurate and misleading.”

From Barron's ● May 29, 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

Between them, there’s a common understating of the elements within the frame, as well as a mutual concern for crafting images where any stylistic choice is secondary to the substance of what they communicate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024

C. J. was understating the gravity of the situation.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston