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“We can’t understate the importance of getting the airport done,” Tanner told the officials at City Hall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

But those figures might not be updated, and could understate what they will likely owe.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 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

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

But he understates the scope of the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Even that striking number vastly understates the U.S. and allied dependency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 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

He certainly very much understates the Spanish force; thus he nowhere accounts for the engineers mentioned on p.

From The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt

Delaware Life and Clear Spring disclosed in June that they had dramatically understated their share of so-called affiliated assets in their first-quarter filings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Plan-enrollment projections, however, have historically understated actual enrollment, CMS said, so the 2027 subscriber tally could be higher.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

“It’s different than anything I’ve experienced, for sure,” Tarik Skubal said of the understated celebration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Harryhausen’s influence on later filmmakers, from George Lucas to Tim Burton and on through Wes Anderson, can’t be understated.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Lazlo chose the more economical and understated leather.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

But by emphasizing Wilson’s populism, he risks understating or even sidestepping other crucial parts of Wilson’s life and mind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Short seller Muddy Waters Research accused SoFi of understating debt and intentionally diluting shareholders in a March report—claims SoFi called “factually inaccurate and misleading.”

From Barron's ● May 29, 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

Between them, there’s a common understating of the elements within the frame, as well as a mutual concern for crafting images where any stylistic choice is secondary to the substance of what they communicate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2024

C. J. was understating the gravity of the situation.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston