overstated

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The team also included delisted stocks to avoid a common issue in backtesting known as survivorship bias, where performance is overstated by including only stocks that are currently active.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Critics argue the historical case has been overstated and question whether the money should be spent at all.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 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

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