understatement
Example Sentences
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That’s an understatement: In 2023 the FBI ran more than 57,000 U.S. person queries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Saying that the Bank is in "wait and see" mode, is an understatement.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
To call CF an under-the-radar company may be an understatement.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
Actually, “serious trouble” may have been an understatement.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing understatement
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