overstate
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When news of the deal broke, U.S. premium futures fell from $1.17 per pound to 95 cents, about 22 cents of expected relief, though even that may overstate the benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
While economists view this threshold as largely symbolic, the sheer magnitude is hard to overstate, dwarfing the entire annual output of the U.S. economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Analysts say statements such as Khezrian’s overstate the case, but they nevertheless acknowledge the axis has proved more resilient than expected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
"We also can't overstate the importance of the patient population and their involvement in developing therapies and their dedication to understanding their disease."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
They refused, as good scientists should, to overstate what they knew.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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Of the 130 companies scored, roughly half showed meaningful AI activity by any measure — but even that overstates it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
That phrasing wildly overstates the case, perhaps conveying the impression that there is some voter fraud, even an uncomfortable amount, but just not enough to sway an election.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Miran believes inflation data overstates underlying price pressures, reflecting outdated measures rather than current economic conditions.
From Barron's ● Dec. 15, 2025
It overstates the wage threat, misapplies the economics of crime, and treats cultural anxiety as a problem that can be eliminated by removing people rather than managing change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
It also overstates the importance of rare geniuses, such as Watt and Edison.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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However, some in the AI industry have suggested the fears around it destroying humanity are overstated or may even be designed to generate hype.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
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 economists caution that this doesn’t necessarily mean the BLS has solved its problems, and that the risk remains that job growth since last March is being overstated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"We think both things are true, in part, but should not be dramatically overstated at this point."
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Since Sebond had harnessed faith and reason together, Montaigne’s critique set out to undermine faith by showing that all claims to knowledge are overstated.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Her sixth album, Brat, was the sort of record you could genuinely call era-defining, without being accused of overstating its significance.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
At the same time, she cautioned against overstating the gender differences.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
After Buntrock retired in 1997, he and four other executives were accused in a civil case by the Securities and Exchange Commission of overstating profits by $1.7 billion between 1992 to 1997.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Carney said last week that some people were overstating Canada's reliance on the United States and that Washington does not get to dictate the terms of the upcoming trade negotiations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
Tuve’s indignation revived Lawrence’s defensiveness: “It would seem,” Ernest replied, “that you are overstating things a bit with the remark that you are unable to check a single one of our observations.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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