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"It's hard to overstate how dangerous speeding towards RSI is," Wang posted in response to Coxon's resignation, referring to recursive self-improvement, which is a technique where software is designed to continuously teach itself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Judge Alexander Milne KC said it was "hard to overstate the impact of the company's collapse".

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The tendency to overstate his influence lives on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

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

But Goldman Sachs economists argue this overstates the case and that the effect is peaking.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

This large difference communicates that the student’s traditional GPA overstates his academic performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 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

Nancy Vanden Houten, lead economist at Oxford Economics, said the report "overstates" the emerging strength of the labour market, noting that the bulk of the job gains were concentrated in just a few sectors.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 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

AI’s threat to Google’s search franchise has long been overstated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

After checks with HDD industry contacts, the analysts write that the extent of Toshiba’s supply expansion was overstated, with an aggressive timeline and unrealistic market share targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Meanwhile, some in the AI industry have suggested the fears around it destroying humanity are overstated or may be designed to generate hype.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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

Cecilia’s enthusiasm, for example, seemed a little overstated, tainted with condescension perhaps, and intrusive too; her big sister wanted each bound story catalogued and placed on the library shelves, between Rabindranath Tagore and Quintus Tertullian.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Randy Mastro, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, told the judge that the city was overstating the complexity of the process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 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

In March 2024, Hui was fined $6.5m and banned from China's capital market for life for his company overstating its revenue by $78bn.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

In his enthusiasm, he was overstating, but not by much.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann