overstated

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The findings suggest that fears about severe muscle related side effects may be overstated for most people who could benefit from treatment.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

The team also included delisted stocks to avoid a common issue in backtesting known as survivorship bias, where performance is overstated by including only stocks that are currently active.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The importance of habeas corpus at this moment cannot be overstated.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

Stokes said reports of a rift between he and McCullum had been overstated in Australia.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 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