overstate

"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

It would be difficult to overstate the influence Taylor Swift has had over the pop scene in this decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

I don’t want to overstate the story, though I’m probably about to.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

Harrington said he is flattered by the praise, but he did not want to overstate his own importance on Burnham's journey.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

It is difficult to overstate the importance of rice in North Korean culture.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Of the 130 companies scored, roughly half showed meaningful AI activity by any measure — but even that overstates it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

The problem now is that mNAV overstates Strategy’s enterprise value—the ratio’s numerator—by using the face value of its debt and preferred stock rather than their market value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

This overstates the marginal value of transparency—not because it isn’t important, but because transparency is already widely practiced by EMs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 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

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

"We think both things are true, in part, but should not be dramatically overstated at this point."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Some researchers have responded that such apocalyptic statements about AI’s near-term impact on employment are grossly overstated and ignore the impact of new jobs that will be created.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Although some people had raised concerns about having events close to, or on the Lagan, she believes the safety risk of the river might have been overstated.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Making matters worse, the plan’s architects overstated the river’s flow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Some naturalists think the population may have been overstated by as much as 20 percent, which means that the moose aren’t being so much culled as slaughtered.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Reporting in the bestselling “Empire of AI” by Karen Hao, published last year, fueled the controversy by overstating data-center share of water use in one city by a factor of 1,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Attorneys for plaintiffs in the case say Hochman is vastly overstating the level of fraud and relying on databases with faulty information about who was incarcerated in county custody as a juvenile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

At the same time, she cautioned against overstating the gender differences.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

Molyneux has previously come under fire from fans and critics alike for overstating game features and getting carried away with ideas.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

I doubt that I am overstating the case here: our capacity to understand and manipulate human genomes alters our conception of what it means to be “human.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee