overstatement
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Since these readings determine royalty and tax payments, the lab estimated that the errors could lead to an overstatement or understatement of a single well’s production value by as much as $36 million a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
If this is a bit of an overstatement - Russell and Hamilton would need only to crash together on the first lap, for example - the fundamental truth is real.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
“Since 2016, we’ve recruited 20,000 people that have applied for membership in the party,” Sims told me, though the party has long suffered from overstatement when it comes to self-reported membership numbers.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
An overstatement in net job growth stemming from birth-death model estimates was cited as a driver of large revisions to reported payrolls in recent years.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
This may sound like an overstatement, but upon examination it proves accurate.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing overstatement
STAAR English II: Literary Devices and Figures of Speech
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Reading: Literature - High School
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