understate
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Separately, the new chair of the OBR Jonathan Haskel is known for his argument that official statistics understate investment in intangibles like software and data.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The plaintiffs accused the board members of instead cherry-picking data to understate operating costs and overstate the financial performance of landlords.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
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
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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 scientists say the guidance understates the possibility of airborne spread in indoor settings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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
Economists say the CPI probably understates the true rate of inflation owing to the government shutdown last fall.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026
As to undeveloped powers, this information was secured merely as an incident to our main work, and certainly much understates the case.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
The broadcaster said he favors understated and professional PA announcing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Enter Reinsve and Stan, an ideal pair of leads capable of providing the understated, baseline emotion that Mungiu requires to pull off an undertaking as tricky as “Fjord.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Some analysts say so-called “quiet luxury” — the understated but expensive styles found on TV shows like “Succession” — is on its way out, as shoppers turn to more ostentatious pieces.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 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
Complementary to her understated beauty, my father fell in love with my mother’s enthusiasm for life and her love of children.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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David Protein stayed mostly quiet at first after a lawsuit accused it of understating its bars’ calories and fat content in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
SoFi Technologies shares rose 1.4% to $17.61 after short-seller Muddy Waters accused the company of understating debt.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 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
"He shows that the police overstated the threat posed by the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, while understating the risk that was posed to the Israeli fans if they travelled to the area," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
He appeared to enjoy slowly understating important arguments.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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