overstate
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The researchers also cautioned that their estimates may actually overstate how much movement was possible.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Whole Foods frozen fried garlic breaded chicken breast fillets: I cannot overstate my affection for these things.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
"The suffering inherent in those final moments is difficult to overstate," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Critics of AI safety campaigners say those issuing dire warnings overstate the risks of novel technology and that the advances AI enable in workplace productivity, drug discovery and more outweigh the risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
In fact, by terming it a 'problem', I perhaps overstate the matter.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Of the 130 companies scored, roughly half showed meaningful AI activity by any measure — but even that overstates it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
That phrasing wildly overstates the case, perhaps conveying the impression that there is some voter fraud, even an uncomfortable amount, but just not enough to sway an election.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
The data was stronger than forecast, "but vastly overstates the sustainable pace of job growth," said Oxford Economics lead US economist Nancy Vanden Houten.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Mr. McGinnis overstates the importance of giving by the rich as well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
It also overstates the importance of rare geniuses, such as Watt and Edison.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The Tax Foundation, a low-tax think tank in Washington, D.C., says the shift in national income from labor to capital has been overstated.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
"But his contributions to American innovation and AI leadership cannot be overstated."
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
After checks with HDD industry contacts, the analysts write that the extent of Toshiba’s supply expansion was overstated, with an aggressive timeline and unrealistic market share targets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, some in the AI industry have suggested the fears around it destroying humanity are overstated or may be designed to generate hype.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
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“I think some people out there assume that a SpaceX and Tesla merger is a certainty, and I think that would be overstating it,” Musk said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Her sixth album, Brat, was the sort of record you could genuinely call era-defining, without being accused of overstating its significance.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
At the same time, she cautioned against overstating the gender differences.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
Carney said last week that some people were overstating Canada's reliance on the United States and that Washington does not get to dictate the terms of the upcoming trade negotiations.
From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026
I doubt that I am overstating the case here: our capacity to understand and manipulate human genomes alters our conception of what it means to be “human.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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