understatement
Example Sentences
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Before his death in a Danish hospice, he told me, with his typical understatement, that it was "a bit annoying" he wouldn't live to see the resolution of the case.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
Initial data showed 25 Foundayo prescriptions, but analysts believe this is an understatement.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
If anything, after a few days spent dipping my T. rex hands into the cool primordial sludge of the dinosaur fandom, Panella’s sentiment feels like an understatement.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
Segal recalled that she could not tell whether the prince was vastly uninformed or simply demonstrating British understatement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Over time, as inherited wealth smoothed the rough edges, their descendants morphed into American high society and evolved a signature style of living based on understatement and old- fashioned patrician values.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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