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“Because management deploys capital into both public equities and owning entire businesses, analyst earnings estimates understate how cheap the company is.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

“We can’t understate the importance of getting the airport done,” Tanner told the officials at City Hall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Separately, the new chair of the OBR Jonathan Haskel is known for his argument that official statistics understate investment in intangibles like software and data.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

But if they are broadening into something more persistent, the trimmed mean will understate inflation, possibly by a lot.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

Francis saw no reason to understate the power of the helical theory and within several minutes revealed the way Bessel functions gave neat answers.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

The IEA cautioned that GPS jamming and vessels switching off their transponders mean the data likely understates actual traffic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some scientists say the guidance understates the possibility of airborne spread in indoor settings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

And that understates the savings, because it also would have cut the $9 trillion in net interest the government has to pay on the national debt over that period.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026

“This understates the costliness to U.S. households though, because tariffs also allow non-importing firms to raise their prices if they’re competing with imports,” Bivens said.

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026

The Gazette describes the Richmond somewhat incorrectly as a schooner, and likewise understates the tonnage.

From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding

She explained that keeping the remembrance understated helped her manage the emotions of the day.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

The ending is so understated yet so piercing that it may take days to process how deftly it encapsulates the shared tragedy that, decades later, still ensnares them all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Enter Reinsve and Stan, an ideal pair of leads capable of providing the understated, baseline emotion that Mungiu requires to pull off an undertaking as tricky as “Fjord.”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Those numbers are likely understated: Many holdings were listed with a range of values, or simply as “over $50,000,000,” as is customary for government financial disclosures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The houses were not as spectacular as those that lined River Street, but many of them were older and more tastefully understated.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

That’s understating it: Satellite data weekly updated by the European Union confirm that Canada’s total burned area in 2026 by Aug. 5 was below the 2012-25 average the EU uses as a baseline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The move came just hours after the company faced allegations of understating debt and intentionally deceiving shareholders from short-seller firm Muddy Waters.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

U.S. accounting rules for intangible assets have been subject to criticism for potentially understating their true value or sometimes excluding some internally developed assets entirely.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026

"He shows that the police overstated the threat posed by the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, while understating the risk that was posed to the Israeli fans if they travelled to the area," she said.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

He appeared to enjoy slowly understating important arguments.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson