understatement
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The last GTA installment came out in 2013, so to say fans are eager for VI —which will be set in a fictional depiction of Miami called Vice City—is an understatement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The long-suffering younger Forster described his father, in an understatement, as having “a tendency toward self-love, pride, and a certain scholarly vanity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
To say that things have dramatically changed in the United States since I was a child in the 1960s is an understatement.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
To say his first season in charge did not go to plan would be an understatement.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
To say Nana wasn’t fond of Sergio’s dad was an understatement.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
As for the camp factor, many massive understatements in the script will trigger appreciative howls of laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
It was one of the greatest understatements of all time.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
“Obviously, they’re going through some of their own issues,” Maryland coach Mike Locksley said Tuesday in one of the understatements of the college football season.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
In the world of understatements, saying there’s a lot of television out there has to rank among the boldest.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2022
Possibly there would be greater understatements in the remaining ninety-nine years of the Twenty-first Century, but Carlstrom doubted it.
From A Prize for Edie by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
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