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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 if they are broadening into something more persistent, the trimmed mean will understate inflation, possibly by a lot.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

In that sense, these adjustments may understate the effect of maintaining a given standard of consumption.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 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

Crude around $100 a barrel understates what businesses are actually paying: Diesel is behaving as though oil were at $200, said Dudley.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

But calling logistics “boring” understates the real barrier to scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Economists say the CPI probably understates the true rate of inflation owing to the government shutdown last fall.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

McKee always understates the British force and loss, and greatly overstates the loss and force of the Americans.

From The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 by Theodore Roosevelt

Aside from his stage work, Mandell appeared in several films, where he played understated characters grounded in his work in the theater of the absurd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

He’s somehow both understated — he’s not showboating, even when he would be entitled to — and authoritative.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Somewhere above me, the Pastor boomed robust greetings and explanations, leaving little room for the doctor’s understated replies.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

That’s understating it: Satellite data weekly updated by the European Union confirm that Canada’s total burned area in 2026 by Aug. 5 was below the 2012-25 average the EU uses as a baseline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The move came just hours after the company faced allegations of understating debt and intentionally deceiving shareholders from short-seller firm Muddy Waters.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 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

He appeared to enjoy slowly understating important arguments.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson