overstatement
- a word derived from overstate.
Example Sentences
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This conception of the court’s role is both self-serving and an ambitious overstatement.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 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
That’s an overstatement, as is the later claim that for Pericles “cold logic and science trumped religion.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
To say all Hell broke loose after that is an overstatement, but the barrage of counterpoints was piercing.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026
But in chapter 6 we’ll see that this is an overstatement.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
