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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

While this approach simplifies planning, it can miss important differences in how inflation actually affects retiree budgets and may understate the real pressure on long-term purchasing power.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 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

“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

This understates the reality: Experts have concluded that Mr. White’s exotic propulsion doesn’t work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 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 says dismissing concerns as a GTA-style moral panic "understates what is changing".

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

As to undeveloped powers, this information was secured merely as an incident to our main work, and certainly much understates the case.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress

His understated reaction before clasping hands with Rushing seemed to simply say, I guess I did that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

With his friendly smile and understated suit, the 51-year-old businessman is spearheading a series of industrial and logistics infrastructure projects, with the aim of developing sectors for the processing of raw materials.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

But the feature dithers in development, which becomes something of a running joke here; the shot of a stone-faced Mr. McElwee watching a ridiculous promo reel is a moment of perfectly understated comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The petition committee said the values on the tracker are often slightly understated due to the time it takes to collect signature sheets, process them, and update the website.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Premo had a good point, I thought, but with the blossoming cynicism of a few weeks in Sing Sing’s blocks, I could see he’d understated his case.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

To say the inevitable occurs is understating the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

SoFi Technologies shares rose 1.4% to $17.61 after short-seller Muddy Waters accused the company of understating debt.

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

C. J. was understating the gravity of the situation.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston