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“Because management deploys capital into both public equities and owning entire businesses, analyst earnings estimates understate how cheap the company is.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 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

Or do they understate underlying pressure because those same effects aren’t actually one-offs but persistent forces shaping the economy?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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

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

He who asserts that Irish disloyalty or discontent has not declined understates the case.

From A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 by Albert Venn Dicey

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

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

A few minutes after entering Langa, we stopped in front of an understated white home in the middle of Mshumpela Street.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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

To say the inevitable occurs is understating the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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

He appeared to enjoy slowly understating important arguments.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson