understatement
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It is an understatement to say this triggers a cascade of questions.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The chances of a life as complex and purposefully incongruent as Madonna’s fitting into one feature-length film — even two or three — are slim, and even that’s an understatement.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
To say he’ll be missed by investors, and many others, is an understatement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 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 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
He still brakes for bad puns and double-negative understatements, but he avoids the kind of under-metabolized research that sometimes alienated his early readers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
It was one of the greatest understatements of all time.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
Those are understatements akin to calling the Amazon a creek or the Grand Canyon a ditch.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2022
Many of the stories are understatements, seldom is one exaggerated.
From Dick in the Everglades by A. W. Dimock
Vocabulary lists containing understatement
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