as in overemphasizing
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overstating
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Yet Sweet and economist Samuel Tombs of Pantheon Macroeconomics noted the government has faced challenges seasonally adjusting the price data early in the year, overstating price increases.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025 -
Critics have long accused Musk of overstating Tesla’s self-driving tech, and Tesla often misses its own product-launch deadlines.—
Harri Weber,
Quartz,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Melodramatizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodramatizing. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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