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“The harm in this matter is difficult to overstate, and goes to the heart of Facebook’s basic business proposition,” said Judge Francis Mathew in his order.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

"It's hard to overstate how dangerous speeding towards RSI is," Wang posted in response to Coxon's resignation, referring to recursive self-improvement, which is a technique where software is designed to continuously teach itself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

For scholars who study ancient writing, the potential importance is difficult to overstate.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

When news of the deal broke, U.S. premium futures fell from $1.17 per pound to 95 cents, about 22 cents of expected relief, though even that may overstate the benefit.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Yet it would be nearly impossible to overstate Lyell’s influence.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

But the paper overstates the risk of disruption, Benchmark’s Christopher Kuhn writes in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Nancy Vanden Houten, lead economist at Oxford Economics, said the report "overstates" the emerging strength of the labour market, noting that the bulk of the job gains were concentrated in just a few sectors.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 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

AI’s threat to Google’s search franchise has long been overstated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Social media firms argue the potential risks are being overstated and that they already provide users with effective safety tools.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Yi traces a direct line from overstated population figures to China’s geopolitical posture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Criminal justice policy researchers have found that the proposed economic benefits of prisons to small, rural communities were probably overstated to begin with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

The heroic status of Aldus Manutius the Elder among historians of the printed word cannot be overstated.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

“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

Reporting in the bestselling “Empire of AI” by Karen Hao, published last year, fueled the controversy by overstating data-center share of water use in one city by a factor of 1,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

Whatever the case, it’s probably the only thing he could have possibly said that would have made our parents momentarily...happy might be overstating it.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan