overstated
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Given where Kartal was six months ago, and the length of time she was out injured, reaching the Wuhan final cannot be overstated as an achievement.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Yi traces a direct line from overstated population figures to China’s geopolitical posture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, some in the AI industry have suggested the fears around it destroying humanity are overstated or may be designed to generate hype.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Criminal justice policy researchers have found that the proposed economic benefits of prisons to small, rural communities were probably overstated to begin with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Since Sebond had harnessed faith and reason together, Montaigne’s critique set out to undermine faith by showing that all claims to knowledge are overstated.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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