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
While golfer Thomas Snow, who is not part of the suit, conceded the course could use a "facelift", he thinks the president's description of the course is a "gross overstatement".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
It’s a bit of an overstatement to say “the Pope came out as anti-A.I.” with last week’s encyclical—after all, Anthropic’s cofounder was there for the release.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 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
Like his mother, Jim had a fondness for drama and overstatement.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing overstatement
STAAR English II: Literary Devices and Figures of Speech
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