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Moreover, these percentages understate the long odds that Paramount faces, Gu noted.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Cash payments help businesses understate turnover to stay below the VAT threshold, while cash wages help them avoid payroll taxes.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

It’s difficult to understate just how badly Tuesday went for shares of IBM.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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

If anything, this assessment understates 9/11’s negative impact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Some economists said the Fed’s prevailing view understates the risk of waiting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

And that understates the savings, because it also would have cut the $9 trillion in net interest the government has to pay on the national debt over that period.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 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

It generally understates the volume of the Nzadi, by not allowing sufficiently for the double equinoctial periods of high water, March to June, as well as September to December; and by ignoring the north-equatorial supply.

From Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

One of the most spectacular moments in Barbara Wysocka’s visually understated production comes when the bus opens like a dollhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The ending is so understated yet so piercing that it may take days to process how deftly it encapsulates the shared tragedy that, decades later, still ensnares them all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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

Enter Reinsve and Stan, an ideal pair of leads capable of providing the understated, baseline emotion that Mungiu requires to pull off an undertaking as tricky as “Fjord.”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

He has fallen the tiniest bit in love with Lydia and with the understated, unflustered way she entertains.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

A U.K. parliamentary inquiry concluded that the government mis-sold loans to students for over a decade by understating their eventual costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

He also found the force in its advice had overstated the threat posed by the Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters, while understating the risks posed to the Israeli fans.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

In a tone that suggested she was understating things greatly, she told Dill that he’d be able to buy a few textbooks with the royalties.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner