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The plaintiffs accused the board members of instead cherry-picking data to understate operating costs and overstate the financial performance of landlords.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

“It is hard to overstate how unusual this is: a historically cyclical, commoditized segment moving from value destruction to the top of the global league table in just a few years,” Talbott said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

“You just cannot overstate what it means to us to be able to capture all that viewing that’s happening at fan fests, in bars and at smaller watch parties.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

It is hard to overstate the country’s dominance in this arena.

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

They refused, as good scientists should, to overstate what they knew.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

This overstates the marginal value of transparency—not because it isn’t important, but because transparency is already widely practiced by EMs.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

But the paper overstates the risk of disruption, Benchmark’s Christopher Kuhn writes in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Nancy Vanden Houten, lead economist at Oxford Economics, said the report "overstates" the emerging strength of the labour market, noting that the bulk of the job gains were concentrated in just a few sectors.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

Even this low number overstates the risk, since the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index historically has outperformed a portfolio containing all high-yielding stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2025

It also overstates the importance of rare geniuses, such as Watt and Edison.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Dan Courtemanche, Major League Soccer's executive vice-president and chief communications officer, admitted Beckham's influence on the game in America cannot be overstated.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

They say the return on capex is being underestimated rather than overstated, and the earnings strength is broader than the handful of companies usually associated with it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

The importance of habeas corpus at this moment cannot be overstated.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026

A new peer reviewed analysis published in Global Ecology and Conservation argues that a high profile 2025 study significantly overstated the ecological impact of wolf recovery in Yellowstone National Park.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

The Neolithic Revolution is the invention of farming, an event whose significance can hardly be overstated.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

At the same time, she cautioned against overstating the gender differences.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

Carney said last week that some people were overstating Canada's reliance on the United States and that Washington does not get to dictate the terms of the upcoming trade negotiations.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

“These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the front-runner for governor,” he said in a statement, overstating somewhat his status in the neck-and-neck gubernatorial race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

In such circumstances, describing the decision as fully autonomous risks overstating the freedom involved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

This practice of overstating the case is called hyperbole.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood