overstatement
- a word derived from overstate.
Example Sentences
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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
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
After lots of prompting, I found that the bots are expert explainers, though occasionally prone to overstatement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
It would be an overstatement to say that all the Jackson doubters in the gym, of which there were likely many, became converts.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
But in chapter 6 we’ll see that this is an overstatement.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
