Examples of understate in a Sentence

He understated his taxable income. She's trying to understate the issue.

Recent Examples on the Web While Street Earnings overstate profits for the majority of S&P 500 companies, as shown in Street Earnings Overstated for 67% of S&P 500 Companies in 1Q22, there are many S&P 500 companies whose Street Earnings understate their true Core Earnings. — David Trainer, Forbes, 7 July 2022 To say the Pimm’s Cup is extremely British is to still somehow understate it. — Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 17 June 2022 The proposal, reported earlier by Bloomberg News, also calls for a 25% excise tax on stock buybacks and would close an accounting loophole on inventories that critics say allows oil companies to understate their profits and defer taxes indefinitely. — Matt Egan, CNN, 14 June 2022 The Positive Impacts of Refugees Are Understated?: Nearly all studies on refugees may understate the positive impact of refugees due to limitations in the data. — Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 26 May 2022 There was no way to verify the toll, and Russian officials often understate casualty figures. — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022 Reporting of Russian military casualties is practically nonexistent, limited to official Defense Ministry statistics that dramatically understate losses. — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022 Street Earnings understate Core Earnings by >10% for ~9% of S&P 500 companies. — David Trainer, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022 Now, that's again not to understate the difficulties of the political timetable which have been set before us. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022 See More

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